India News | Congress Stages Protest Against Rahul's Disqualification from Lok Sabha

Jaipur, Mar 24 (PTI) Congress on Friday staged a protest in Jaipur against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha a day after he was convicted by a Gujarat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.

The party leaders and workers shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the movement of the Congress will continue until the government at the Centre is removed.

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Addressing the workers, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Govind Singh Dotsara said, "The time has come to teach a lesson to the fascist forces, they will be given a befitting reply from the road to the Parliament."

Dotasara said Rahul Gandhi is with truth and no one can divert him from the path of truth.

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"The patriotic son of the family who sacrificed two prime ministers for the country will never be scared or bowed down," he added.

Congress in-charge for Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, several ministers and MLAs were present in the protest staged near the civil lines railway crossing.

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