'Rahul grabbed my hand, pushed me': Pregnant journalist alleges assault during protest
Journalist Richa Parashar has alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi assaulted her during a protest, causing her to fall and sustain injuries. The BJP has used the incident to criticize Gandhi, while the Congress party faces scrutiny over the event.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the volatile intersection of political protests, media safety, and partisan rhetoric in Indian politics.
NEW DELHI: A woman journalist, Richa Parashar, who said she was three months pregnant, has alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi 'grabbed her hand' and 'pulled her' forward before his security personnel pushed her away while she was covering the INDIA bloc's protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 12.Parashar claimed she fell down the steps, landed on her stomach, injured her hand and knees, and broke her phone."I extended the mic and they made a gesture so I move it but I saw other mic IDs being pushed so I also put mine…Rahul Gandhi moved forward with a nasty expression, he grabbed my hand and pulled me forward and then his bodyguards pushed me…I fell down the stairs of Supreme Court, falling on my face," Parashar said in a video recorded from her hospital bed, with BJP leaders around her.Earlier, Parashar had shared a video on Instagram…
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