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Shashi Tharoor Condemns Government Over Rahul Gandhi Detention
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News18•07-10-2026, 02:21
Shashi Tharoor Condemns Government Over Rahul Gandhi Detention
- •Congress MP Shashi Tharoor strongly criticised the central government after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was detained during an INDIA bloc protest in New Delhi.
- •Tharoor expressed shock on social media after seeing images of Gandhi being manhandled and dragged off by police during the demonstration against the Election Commission.
- •The protest was organised to raise concerns over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the disenfranchisement of millions of voters.
- •Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and several other opposition leaders were detained following a sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan and released later in the night.
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Shashi Tharoor condemned the central government over the detention and manhandling of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi during an INDIA bloc protest in New Delhi.
The opposition protest aimed to raise concerns over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls, the Special Intensive Revision process, and the disenfranchisement of 130 million voters.
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and several other Congress leaders and MPs were detained following an eight-hour sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan and later released shortly after 10 pm.
