The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi, one in a series of flashpoints between the Congress party and the ruling BJP, has united the opposition parties relentlessly accusing the Centre of diverting attention from the Adani issue by taking a hasty decision to disqualify Rahul Gandhi.
Rijiju reacted to Congress leader Digvijay Singh's tweet which thanked the German Foreign Affairs Ministry and Richard Walker for taking note of how Democracy is being compromised in India through the persecution of Rahul Gandhi.
Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress workers stopped a train protesting against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha at RaniKamlapati station in Bhopal on Friday.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his (Gandhi) disqualification as a member of Lok Sabha.
The Congress party on Friday came down heavily at the Centre over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha member, calling it a "strangulation of democracy" while exuding confidence that the disqualification will be revoked through a stay on his conviction by a higher court.