Rahul Gandhi said he was prepared to surrender his convoy and walk into Sambhal with the police.Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh police detained his convoy at the Ghazipur border, preventing his scheduled visit to violence-stricken Sambhal.
The Congress leader said the police deprived him of his constitutional right to meet the distressed people.Rahul Gandhi said he would give up his convoy and go to Sambhal alone with the police. He said the authorities had asked him to return after some days.
“We are trying to go to Sambhal, but the police are refusing and not allowing us. As LoP, it is my right to go, but they are stopping me. I was ready to go alone and go with the police, but they did not accept that either. They say they will let us go if we return in a few days. This is against the rights of the LoP and the Constitution.
We want to go to Sambhal and see what happens there and meet the people. My constitutional right is not being given to me. This is the new India; this is the India to end the Constitution. This is the India to end Ambedkar’s Constitution. We will keep fighting,” Rahul Gandhi said at the Ghazipur border.
