Congress leaders will step up their protest against the Centre on Monday over the Adani issue and disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as MP from Lok Sabha wearing black clothes, party sources said on Sunday.
Hitting out at the Centre for Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha following his conviction and sentencing to two years in a criminal defamation case, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that the decision came as the government could not answer questions on Gautam
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge along with party leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and others paid tributes at Raj Ghat amid 'Satyagraha' against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP from Lok Sabha on Sunday.
"BJP and Modi government is not allowing Rahul Gandhi to speak. Whatever we say in the Parliament, even that is expunged from the records in Parliament," Kharge said.
Former MP and 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Jagdish Tytler joined the Congress protest at Raj Ghat, where the party is carrying out 'Sankalp Satyagraha' against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified as an MP after being convicted in the criminal defamation case over the 'Modi surname' remark, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said, "My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi. Gandhis don't apologise to anyone".
Sharing a clip from various newspapers on Twitter, highlighting Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as a Member of Lok Sabha (MP), Tharoor said, "They tried to silence a voice. Now every corner of the world hears the voice of India."
"The order disqualifying Rahul Gandhi from the post of MP in Lok Sabha was hasty and politically motivated. Congress will face the action of Lok Sabha Secretariat politically as well as legally", Kerala LoP said.