NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticised the Delhi Police for registering an FIR against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other leaders over their protest against the Election Commission of India.“For almost two years now the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been relentlessly exposing, through factual evidence, the Vote Chori conspiracy hatched between the PM & the HM on one side and the CEC on the other,” Ramesh said in a post on X.He also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah without them, alleging that the two were “nervous, rattled and desperate” over the Opposition’s campaign.“Crores of genuine voters have lost their Constitutional right to vote through the atrocious process of SIR —Shahenshah Instigated Removal. And when the LOP-LS adopts the method of satyagraha to highlight the injustices of SIR, the Delhi Police registers an FIR against him and other leaders. The diabolical duo is nervous, rattled and desperate. The writing on the wall is clear,” the post read.His remarks came after Delhi Police registered an FIR against Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other INDIA bloc leaders for allegedly entering the Akashvani Bhavan premises without permission during Tuesday’s protest against the Election Commission.Rahul and Priyanka were briefly detained on Tuesday night following an over eight-hour sit-in at Akashvani Bhavan. The protest began after police stopped INDIA bloc MPs from marching to the Election Commission’s office, located around 300 metres away, over allegations of “vote chori”.
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According to Delhi Police, the INDIA bloc had planned to march from Parliament House to Nirvachan Sadan, the Election Commission’s headquarters, without seeking or obtaining official permission.Police stopped the opposition MPs from proceeding towards the EC office, following which several leaders, including Rahul and Priyanka, staged a sit-in near Akashvani Bhavan. They later entered the premises along with other opposition leaders and continued the protest.Police said the protesters were asked to vacate the premises but allegedly refused, insisting they would not leave until a delegation of MPs was allowed to meet Election Commission officials.
