Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will host the INDIA bloc MPs for lunch at Sagar Ratna.
Police said around 250 people were detained during the protests. Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several Congress MPs later entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises, around 200 metres from the Election Commission’s office, and demanded permission to meet the election commissioners. The lunch comes a day after a dramatic day of protests in the national capital, during which Parliament Street was effectively shut down as Opposition MPs attempted to march towards the Election Commission’s office.
The protests began around 11am on Tuesday when Opposition MPs marched from Parliament House towards the Election Commission amid heavy police barricading.
NEW DELHI: A day after INDIA bloc MPs staged a march and Rahul Gandhi led an over eight-hour sit-in over the Opposition’s “vote chori” allegations, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will host MPs of the alliance for lunch at a Delhi restaurant on Wednesday. Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress leader K C Venugopal, TMC’s Derek O’Brien and other Opposition MPs were among those detained.
The lunch is scheduled for 1.30pm at Sagar Ratna on Janpath, sources said.
The meeting is expected to provide the Opposition another opportunity to discuss its next steps over the “vote chori” issue and its demand for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.