Rahul, Priyanka detained as Congress protests price rise; Houses adjourned

Party stages marches and demonstrations; Parliament adjourned amid ruckus

Hordes of Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, all wearing black, were on Friday detained as they protested against inflation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Delhi and across the country. They were released after about six hours.

The police dragged Priyanka away from barricades erected near the Congress office at 24 Akbar Road in Delhi and shoved her into a van as she said: “The government thinks it can silence us. It thinks that by showing its force, it can make us quietly sit in buses...