The situation was so severe that the Congress workers and the Bharat Yatris walking along with Rahul had to form the perimeter, said Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal.
[Photo: Twitter/@RahulGandhi]
The Congress, on Wednesday, shot off a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that the Delhi Police failed to provide security to former Congress President Rahul Gandhi when the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ entered Delhi on 24 December.
In the letter, Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal said, “The security of the Bharat Jodo Yatra was compromised on multiple occasions, and the Delhi Police completely failed in controlling the surging crowd and maintaining a perimeter around Shri Rahul Gandhi, who is assigned Z+ Security.”
He said that the situation was so severe that the Congress workers and the Bharat Yatris walking along with Rahul had to form the perimeter. At the same time, the Delhi Police remained mute spectators.
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“Furthermore, to harass participants and prevent eminent personalities from joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Intelligence Bureau is interrogating many people who participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Moreover, we filed an FIR dated 23rd December at Sohna City Police Station Haryana regarding unknown miscreants, belonging to Haryana State Intelligence, illegally entering Bharat Jodo Yatra’s containers in Haryana,” he alleged.
He said that according to Article 19 of the Constitution, every citizen has a Constitutional right to assemble and move freely throughout the territory of India.
“The government should not indulge in vindictive politics and ensure the safety and security of the Congress leaders. The Congress Party’s two Prime Ministers Smt. Indira Gandhi and Shri Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for the unity and integrity of the country. The Congress’s entire state leadership of Chhattisgarh was wiped out in a Naxal attack in Jiramghati on 25th May 2013,” Venugopal added.
Pointing out that the Bharat Jodo Yatra was slated to enter the sensitive state of Punjab and also J & K in the next phase starting from 3 January, he demanded that immediate steps be taken to ensure the safety and security of Rahul and of all the Bharat Yatris and leaders joining the yatra.
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