Congress leader Pawan Khera was granted interim bail by a court in Delhi's Dwarka on Thursday after orders of Supreme Court following his arrest earlier in the day by Assam Police for alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Supreme Court directed the Dwarka Court to grant interim bail to the Congress leader and issued notice to Assam Police and Uttar Pradesh Police on Khera's plea seeking clubbing of FIRs.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at the BJP government for allegedly "harassing" Congress leader Pawan Khera and said that the Supreme Court order is a tight slap on the government's face.
"I don't know. I was told that your baggage has to be checked. I said I do not have any luggage except a handbag. When I came down, I was told that I cannot go, a DCP would come. We are waiting for the DCP for the last 20 minutes. I don't know why am I being stopped," he said.
Congress leaders, from across the country will come here to participate in the 85th plenary session to formulate the roadmap for assembly elections in 2023 and general elections in 2024, said Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
Reacting to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's remark that a Congress-led alliance would come to power at the Centre after 2024 elections, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that his party accepts Congress' leadership.
So far, the top Congress leadership has been absent from the campaign scene in the three northeastern poll-bound states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland barring party president Mallikarjun Kharge addressing an election rally in Nagaland only on Tuesday.
Following the raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate in Chhattisgarh, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Monday said Congress leaders were standing by the corrupt and the strings of corruption are connected with the Congress headquarters.
According to the sources, Among the places searched on Monday were residential and office addresses of Congress leaders Ram Gopal Agarwal, Girish Devangan, RP Singh, Vinod Tiwari and Sunny Agrawal.
On another query over the Directorate of Enforcement's ongoing raids on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Nirmala Sitharaman said no action is executed with a sense of revenge.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday hit out the BJP government at the Centre over the ongoing raids at the residential and office addresses of various Congress leaders of Chattisgarh, saying it was misusing the central agency against the ruling party in the state.