New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is adamant about going to Sambhal but he is not getting permission from the administration. After stopping at Ghazipur border, he said that he was ready to go to Sambhal alone with the police but was not allowed to do so. The Congress leader also said that preventing him from going to Sambal was a violation of his prerogatives as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
It is my right to go as an opposition party
After leaving for Sambhal, the police stopped him at Gazipur border in Delhi. “We are trying to be careful, but the police are refusing,” Rahul told reporters when stopped by the police. It is my right to go there as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. But still it stops me. This is against my right to be the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.” He said, “I have said that I am ready to go alone. I am ready to go with the police but they did not agree to that and now they are saying that they will let us go after a few days.
The government is depriving me of my constitutional rights.
Showing a copy of the constitution, Rahul said, “This (preventing management) is against democracy.” We want to go carefully and see what happened there. We want to meet people but I am being deprived of my constitutional right. This is India which is destroying the constitution. India is destroying Ambedkarji’s constitution. But we will continue to fight.” His sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was present at the venue with Rahul, also expressed displeasure at stopping Rahul and said, “Whatever happened in Sambhal is wrong. Rahulji is the leader of the opposition. They have constitutional privileges which are different from the rest. They cannot be stopped.”
Stopped at Delhi-Gazipur border
Rahul Gandhi, who was on his way to meet the families of the victims in the violence-hit Sambhal, was stopped on the way at the Delhi-Gazipur border on Wednesday. A senior police officer said that Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka and other senior leaders reached Gazipur border. Their convoy has been stopped by putting up a barricade. A heavy police force has been deployed at the scene. Ghaziabad Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra said that to maintain peace in Sambhal, Section 163 (Prohibitory Order) of the Indian Civil Defense Code will remain in force in Sambhal till December 31. Along with this, the ban on entry of outsiders into Sambhal was ending on Saturday, which has been extended by the District Magistrate till December 10.
Four people have died in the violence
A Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi left to visit violence-hit Sambhal. The Sambhal court ordered a survey of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid in Kot East area of the city on November 19 and a team conducted the survey there on the same day. Controversy has since arisen. After which again on November 24, four people were killed in the violence that broke out during the survey. The court ordered a survey on a petition claiming that the site where the Jama Masjid stands was once the site of the Harihar temple. (input language)
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