The Left party maintained that being the Vice President of one of the largest political parties and an elected representatives, Gandhi has "all the right" to express solidarity with family of the ex-serviceman, Ram Kishan Grewal, as India is "still a democratic country".
CPI national secretary D Raja also hit out at Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh over the latter's remark that "mental state" of Grewal needs to be probed, terming it as "bizarre".
He asked, "How come Delhi Police detain them in such a high-handed manner? This is not acceptable. India is still a democratic country, it has not become a police state yet. The BJP should understand this."
The Rajya Sabha member hit out at Singh for making a "bizarre and atrocious" statement with regard to Grewal.
Gandhi was this evening prevented from marching to India Gate to protest Grewal's alleged suicide over OROP, a day after he was detained twice while trying to meet the family of the deceased soldier.
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