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Delhi: Several Congress workers detained from outside party headquarters

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and former union minister P Chidambaram were among the detainees.

New Delhi: Delhi police have detained several workers of the Congress party who were protesting outside the party headquarters at 24, Akbar Road against their leader Sonia Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the National Herald case.

Among the detainees were Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Union Minister P Chidambaram, Delhi Congress leader Ajay Maken, and Indian Youth Congress president B. Srinivas among several others.

Meanwhile, the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi reached the Enforcement Directorate office and the officials have begun questioning her in the National Herald case.

Her son and daughter Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are also present inside the ED office, however, they are sitting in some other room.

This post was last modified on July 21, 2022 1:27 pm

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