Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calls Pawan Khera's arrest as 'Hitlershahi'

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday came down heavily on the BJP government at the Centre after party leader Pawan Khera was arrested in Delhi and alleged that the Narendra Modi government has turned Indias democracy into a HitlershahiNotice is given if the opposition raises issues in Parliament ED raids are conducted on our leaders of Chhattisgarh before the plenary session Today the media chairman was forcibly taken off the plane and arrested The Modi government has turned Indias democracy into a Hitlership We strongly condemn this dictatorship Kharge tweeted in HindiThis comes after Khera was arrested by Assam Police on Thursday in DelhiHe was earlier deboarded from a flight while en route to Raipur to attend Congress Plenary SessionCongress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday said that he is ready to fight the long battle soon after Assam Police arrested himKhera will be taken to Assam on transit remandWe will see in which case they are taking me Its a long battle and Im ready to fight said Khera as Delhi Police took him after he was deboarded from an aircraft at Delhi airportDelhi Police said that a request was received from Assam Police for assistance in the arrest of accused Pawan Khera in case FIR No 192023 PS Dima Hasao District Haflong AssamBased upon the same requisite local assistance was provided and upon the requisition of Assam Police accused Shri Pawan Khera was detained from Terminal 1 of IGI Airport and has been subsequently arrested by the IO concerned of Assam Police a Delhi Police official told ANINecessary legal action shall follow they addedIt is pertinent to mention that earlier today Pawan Khera was stopped from boarding a plane at Delhi airport after a request was received from the Assam Police to stop him Delhi Police said on ThursdayEarlier the Assam Police registered a case against the Congress leader in the Dima Hasao districtThe Congress leaders protested after Khera was stopped by Delhi Police from boarding the plane at the airportIn a video shared on Congresss Twitter handle Pawan Khera said that he does not know why was he deboardedI dont know I was told that your baggage has to be checked I said I do not have any luggage except a handbag When I came down I was told that I cannot go a DCP would come We are waiting for the DCP for the last 20 minutes I dont know why I am being stopped he saidCongress leader Supriya Shrinate alleged that the Congress leaders were en route to Chhattisgarhs Raipur to attend the partys 85th Plenary Session when Khera was asked to deboard She accused the BJP government of dictatorshipAlso Read Pawan Khera stopped from boarding flight at Delhi Cong alleges dictatorshipWe were going from Delhi to Raipur by Indigo flight 6E204 Pawan Khera KC Venugopal Randeep Surjewala was also with us We were heading to Raipur for the Congress Plenary Session Pawar Khera was taken away stating that his bag has been exchanged but he was not carrying checkin baggage He was then told that he had been deplaned and a DSP of CISF would come and serve him notice If this is not a dictatorship then what is it Would you stop people from boarding the flight The dictator got ED raids done before the session and now the government has come down to this kind of act she said in a video tweeted by the Congress partyShe further asked the sections under which action was being taken against Khera and said that they would not board the flight to Raipur until the Congress leader is allowed to board along with othersWhat wrong has he done that this action is being taken The action is being taken under which sections they will have to tell We will keep standing here until the flight departs along with all of us including Pawan Khera she saidKC Venugopal who was also accompanying the group tweeted Modi govt is acting like a bunch of goons by deplaning Pawankhera ji from the DelhiRaipur flight and preventing him from joining the AICC Plenary Using a flimsy FIR to restrict his movement amp silence him is a shameful unacceptable act The entire party stands with Pawan jiToday we were going for the Congress Plenary Sessoin to Raipur and our colleague Pawan Khera was told that he left his luggage but he was not carrying any luggage Then the Police came and said Assam Police has registered an FIR Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala saidWe asked them to show an arrest warrant but they did not show any order It is completely illegal Assam and Delhi Police have stopped our flight forcefully Surjewala addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever