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Shashi Tharoor Slams Government Over Rahul Gandhi Detention
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News18•07-10-2026, 00:30
Shashi Tharoor Slams Government Over Rahul Gandhi Detention
- •Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned the forcible detention of Rahul Gandhi and termed the government reaction disgraceful.
- •Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were briefly detained after an eight-hour sit-in protesting the alleged disenfranchisement of 130 million voters.
- •Tharoor expressed his solidarity from Berlin, where he was attending a conference, and stated his confidence that justice will prevail.
- •Several other Congress leaders and MPs were also removed by police during the protest march towards the Election Commission office.
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Shashi Tharoor criticized the government's reaction as disgraceful after Rahul Gandhi was forcibly manhandled and dragged off to detention during a protest over the disenfranchisement of 130 million voters. He stated that protesting is a way to stand with citizens whose constitutional rights are being violated.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were briefly detained following an over-eight-hour sit-in inside the Akashvani Bhawan premises after police prevented them from marching toward the Election Commission's office to protest.
Rahul Gandhi and other detained Congress leaders, who had been taken to the New Police Lines at Kingsway Camp after being forcibly removed from the AIR premises, were released around 10 pm on Tuesday.
