‘Arrest me too’, says Rahul Gandhi as Congress protests apprehending of other people over PM posters
Senior Congress leaders, together with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and P Chidambaram, Sunday hit out on the Centre over the arrests of individuals who had allegedly post posters criticising the federal government’s dealing with of the Covid-19 disaster.
Arrest me too.
मुझे भी गिरफ़्तार करो। pic.twitter.com/eZWp2NYysZ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 16, 2021
“Arrest me too,” Rahul tweeted on Monday whilst sharing the poster which learn: “Modi ji hamare bachchon ki vaccine videsh kyon bhej diya (Why did you ship our kids’s vaccines in another country?)”.
Congress leaders have additionally modified their show photos at the social media platform to voice their opposition to the arrests.
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/xVkSuREOF0
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) May 16, 2021
A senior Delhi Police authentic had advised The Indian information that round 25 FIRs were registered to this point in regards to the topic.
But even so Rahul, a number of others have criticised the arrests, with Abhishek Manu Singhvi pronouncing it signifies a “lawless state long past amuck”. “I’m surprised and shocked. Would possibly vehemently disagree however below what authority, what legislation, what energy are you able to arrest those that post posters, eg auto driving force, printer, day by day guess and so forth. This, like UP arrest of one who complained on dropping his father, smacks of a lawless state long past amuck!” he wrote on Twitter.
Have a good time, India is a unfastened nation. There’s freedom of speech
Excluding, while you ask a query of the Honourable High Minister
For this reason the Delhi Police arrested 24 individuals for allegedly pasting a poster in Delhi
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) May 16, 2021
Senior Congressman P Chidambaram, too, took to the microblogging web site to put in writing, “The poster requested a easy query of the PM: why did you export the vaccines intended for our kids? Even prior to the PM may just solution, the dependable Delhi Police replied with arrest.” He added, “There’s freedom of speech. Excluding, while you ask a query of the Honourable High Minister.”
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh, on the other hand, went one step forward of the others, pronouncing he would post the posters at the compound wall of his place of dwelling and requested the Delhi police and Union House Minister Amit Shah to arrest him.
The Trinamool Congress and CPM, too, expressed their protest over the arrests.
12 Arrested Over Posters In opposition to PM Modi In Delhi
“Modi ji, aapne humare bacchon ki vaccine videsh kyu bhej diya?”
Completely legitimate query. pic.twitter.com/XCJS5Bsg3G
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) May 15, 2021
“Busy with election rallies and construction the Central Vista, Modi Executive didn’t have time to devise for vaccines, however has time to arrest the deficient asking,” the CPIM tweeted, repeating the road: “Why did you ship our kids’s vaccines in another country?”
The Indian information had visited the houses of 2 of the ones arrested and tracked police stations around the capital to search out that a lot of those that had been picked up had been both day by day salary employees who post posters and banners for a residing, or jobless youths — and had no concept concerning the content material or politics concerned.
At Mandawali in East Delhi, one of the vital districts from the place 4 had been arrested, Rahul Tyagi (24), stated he was once given 20 banners via group of workers at AAP councillor Dhirender Kumar’s administrative center on Would possibly 11, and promised Rs 600 for placing them up in Kalyanpuri. “My folks are dissatisfied and received’t let me paintings anymore. I handiest do that for sustenance,” Tyagi had stated.
Investigating officials stated those that had been picked had been basically fascinated with printing or striking up the posters for a paltry sum, whilst a probe remains to be on to trace who commissioned them.
