Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to go to Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Saturday to fulfill the Congress employees who had been arrested by the police after clashes with the BJP employees earlier this week.
Mr. Gandhi may even meet the relations of those that misplaced their lives within the current tragedies within the State, together with the Rajkot sport zone hearth, the Vadodara boat capsize and the Morbi bridge collapse.
That is Mr. Gandhi’s first go to to the State after the Lok Sabha election.
His go to comes within the wake of clashes between the BJP and Congress employees exterior the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) workplace right here on July 2 over his remarks within the Lok Sabha that “the BJP and Modi do not represent the entire Hindu community” and that “Hindus are never violent”.
Previous to the clashes, Bajrang Dal employees vandalised the State Congress workplace.
Following the conflict, either side lodged police complaints in opposition to one another, resulting in the arrest of 5 Congress employees.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil mentioned Mr. Gandhi may even meet the relations of the 5 arrested Congress employees.
“Rahul Gandhi will arrive at the GPCC office here around 12.30 p.m. During his visit, he will meet and address party workers. He will also meet the kin of the victims who lost their lives in the recent tragedies in the State,” a State Congress chief mentioned.
The clashes broke out between members of the Congress and the BJP exterior the Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress’s State headquarters in Paldi space of town on July 2 after the BJP’s youth wing members got here there to protest in opposition to Mr. Gandhi’s remarks within the Lok Sabha.
In keeping with the police, either side began throwing stones, injuring 5 policemen, together with an Assistant Commissioner of Police.
On July 3, a day after the conflict, the Ellisbridge police registered two FIRs and arrested the 5 Congress employees.
On Thursday, the police registered one other FIR naming a number of BJP members after Mr. Gohil accused the police of partiality.
