Over 400 Congressmen, including senior state leaders, were today detained for allegedly violating a notification which refrained them from taking out a rally towards the Gujarat Assembly.
"More than 400 Congress workers were detained under Section 68 of the Gujarat Police Act. The Congress party had the permission for public meeting but not to take out a rally," Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police Sharad Singhal told PTI.
Congress leaders including state unit chief Arjun Modhwadia, Leader of Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela, former Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil and Siddharth Patel were detained alongwith other MLAs.
"The Gujarat Congress had organised a party gathering in the Chhavani area at sector six of Gandhinagar. Later, they started marching towards the Assembly. As they were just given permission for a public meeting and not for a rally, police detained them," Singhal said, adding that all the party leaders were released after an hour.
The Congress leaders had organised a rally to raise the issue of corruption in the present BJP government.
"The present BJP government has indulged in several corrupt practices. The involvement of ministers like Babu Bokhiriya, Anandi Patel and Purshottam Solanki in corruption (cases) has been confirmed in various courts," said Congress MLA Tejashree Patel.
The party has also tabled a no confidence motion against the Modi government. The Congress had also raised the issue of Talati scam and accused BJP of being involved in it.
Earlier, a man had allegedly duped 15 people and taken Rs 10 lakh from each of them promising a job of talati in the revenue department.
Congress has alleged that the man belonged to BJP and the ruling party was aware of his activities. The party has also demanded a CBI inquiry in the Talati scam.
