Congress leaders staged protest over the snooping case against Party’s vice-president Rahul Gandhi and summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by a CBI court in Coalgate scam. Besides raising the issue on the Floor of the House, leaders also took out a protest marchon Monday afternoon. Party’s state unit also called an emergency meeting of the State executives and passed a resolution against the Central government in both the matters.
Reports said that the Congress members in the legislative Assembly staged a noisy walkout from the House after Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey refused to entertain their demand of debate over |Rahul Gandhi’s espionage issue, during zero hour on Monday. However, they tried to draw the attention by rushing in the Well and raising slogans against the BJP government at the Centre. Annoyed with their act, the Speaker directed that nothing would be recorded.
later, State Congress leaders, including several MlAs joined a march from the Party state headquarters at Mall Avenue to GPO Park as a mark of protest against Centre’s move on Rahul Gandhi and against CBI for trying to grill former prime minister in Coalgate scam. The march was led by State Congress president Nirmal Khatri and was attended by several leaders including former state president of MlA, Rita Bahuguna Joshi and others. Addressing the gathering at the GPO, Khatri announced that party leaders would fight both the issues to tooth and nail. ‘The act of the Centre is anti-democratic and anti-Constitutional and Congress will not allow this to happen,’ he threatenend.