Congress sit-in protest: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, other Opp leaders released from police detention after 3.5 hour dharna outside PMO; BJP slams Congress’ ‘politics of anarchy’

Rahul Gandhi Protest: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, other senior opposition leaders, who were detained by the police after they staged a sit-in protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence earlier in the day, were released on late Tuesday evening. Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders releasedEarlier, senior opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, were forcibly removed from the protest site and detained. Congress, opposition stage sit-in outside PM residenceEarlier, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, accompanied by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and several top leaders, sat on a protest dharna outside the Prime Minister’s Lok Kalyan Marg residence. AdvertisementNabin alleged Gandhi and leaders of the Congress held the sit-in outside the prime minister’s residence to spread anarchy and criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for joining the protest. “The kind of behaviour that Rahul Gandhi displayed today was undignified and condemnable.