Jantar Mantar belongs to people of India, we will reclaim it: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lashed out at the Modi government after Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to judicial custody, saying waving the tricolour at Jantar Mantar in a peaceful protest is not a crime and jailing youth for it is an act of cowardice.
Gandhi also said Jantar Mantar belongs to the people of India and asserted that "we will reclaim it".
"Waving the Tricolour at Jantar Mantar in a peaceful protest is not a crime.
Jailing youth for it is an act of cowardice.
Students.
Youth.
Journalists.
The INDIA bloc.
Different banners, one cause.
All protests are one: citizens demanding their constitutional rights," the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said.
"Jantar Mantar belongs to the people of India.
We will reclaim it," Gandhi added.
His remarks came after Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Das and Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody and lodged in Tihar Jail for allegedly violating their peace bonds and trespass
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