Congress workers held a protest in Chandigarh on Tuesday against Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu over his recent statements on Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi.
This comes after media reports surfaced that a journalist, working with an Indian news channel, was manhandled by Congress workers in Dallas when he was conducting an interview with Indian Overseas Congress chief.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday targeted Rahul Gandhi over "manhandling" and alleged assault on an Indian journalist in the US by Congress workers coinciding with Congress leader's visit to the country and asked on whose orders this was done.
A Congress worker said that despite tickets being seized twice, state President Udai Bhan's son-in-law and his daughter were given tickets again, further adding that the candidates would resign or contest on their own if their tickets were not taken back.
Congress workers along with state Congress chief Jitu Patwari, Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar, Youth Congress national president Srinivas BV, state youth Congress president Mitendra Singh and other senior leaders moved ahead from Rangmahal crossing to gheraoed the CM house but they were
Protesters raised slogans against the Left Democratic Front government in the State and the actor. The police used water cannons to disperse the protesters as they attempted to climb the barricades.
The incident occurred as BRS working President KTR (KT Rama Rao) arrived at the office, with Congress workers protesting in front of his vehicle. The Mahila Congress was demanding an apology from KTR for his alleged derogatory remarks about against women.
One of the journalists, identified as Saritha took to X and alleged that they were physically assaulted by the Congress workers while reporting on the implementation of the farmer loan waiver.
Congress workers in West Bengal's Siliguri on Tuesday organised a candle march as a protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata.
The workers of All India Mahila Congress in Delhi started a protest against the Delhi government and demanded the resignation of Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Marlena over the deaths at Asha Kiran shelter home on Friday.