‘You are doing your job’: Detained Rahul Gandhi offers water to police - watch
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi offered water to police officers while being detained during a protest in Delhi. The protest, which involved other senior leaders, was organized to challenge the Election Commission's recent actions.
Why it matters
The gesture of offering water to police during a high-tension political protest is a notable moment in the ongoing conflict between the Opposition and the Election Commission.
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi offered water bottles to police personnel while being detained during the opposition's protest in Delhi on Wednesday. Handing out the water bottles he was seen telling them, "You are all doing your work".Rahul was later released from Barakhamba Road police station, where he had been taken after police stopped opposition leaders from proceeding towards Jantar Mantar.Rahul Gandhi was among several opposition leaders and MPs detained as they attempted to reach the designated protest site to protest against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The leaders alleged that police stopped their buses and prevented them from moving towards Jantar Mantar.Priyanka Gandhi alleges MPs were manhandledThe confrontation saw several opposition leaders detained, including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien and RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha.
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