New Delhi: Several Congress leaders, including Shri Rahul Gandhi and Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were released from detention after around six hours on Friday, August 05.

The leaders had been taken to the Kingsway Camp Police Station by the Delhi Police as they marched from Parliament to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against unemployment, inflation and price rise.

In Parliament, after getting both the Houses adjourned, Congress members, including Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi, assembled at Gate number 1 before attempting to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Congress MPs were, however, stopped by the Delhi Police close to Vijay Chowk lawns and were not allowed to proceed towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later, the leaders had been taken to the Kingsway Camp Police Station by the Delhi Police

Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, Manish Tewari, other Lok Sabha members Manickam Tagore, Gaurav Gogoi were among the 64 MPs who were taken away in a police bus to the Kingsway Camp police lines.

Similar face-offs were witnessed in the Congress party headquarters that had been completely barricaded to prevent a march to the Prime Minister’s official residence by Congress Working Committee (CWC) members.

Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, defied police restrictions by jumping over barricades and briefly sitting on a dharna before being forcibly dragged by women officers into a police vehicle.

“They think that by putting up a show of power, they can silence us and force us into a compromise. Why will we do that? Their ministers cannot see the price rise, so we wanted to walk to the Prime Minister’s house and show him the high inflation, show him the gas cylinder the price of which is sky high,” Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, sitting inside the police vehicle.

Congress leaders, including CWC members, Members of Parliament, Office-Bearers and large number of Congress workers had also been detained and later, they were released.