Scratched me all over: Priyanka Gandhi claims cops shoved her to ground at Janpath protest

High drama played out in central Delhi on Wednesday as opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc, heading to Jantar Mantar for a sit-in protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, were stopped by a heavy security cordon and several leaders were detained. Rahul Gandhi was taken away from the protest site in a bus, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was forcibly removed by women police personnel after she and other women MPs lay down on the road leading to Jantar Mantar. Priyanka Gandhi also claimed that police officers shoved her to the ground and scratched her during the protest.

The confrontation unfolded after buses carrying opposition MPs from Janpath towards Jantar Mantar were stopped on Ashoka Road, triggering a road blockade, sloganeering and sit-in protests at Windsor Circle. The protest had been called by INDIA bloc MPs to raise the issue of 'vote chori' and demand the ouster of Gyanesh Kumar, a day after their nine-hour face-off with cops, seeking a meeting with the Election Commissioners. The surprise decision to protest at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday came after a solidarity lunch hosted by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.- Ends