Rahul Gandhi leads opposition protest outside CBI HQ, courts arrest

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit the streets in the capital along with leaders of his party and its allies on the Rafale issue demanding reinstatement of CBI Director Alok Verma and courted arrest after dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a chor thiefPrime Minister Narendra Modi is finishing every institution of the country because he wants to hide the corruption in the Rafale deal He is attacking the CBI Election Commission and other institutions Chowkidar chor hai Watchman is a thief he said in a brief address to a crowd of Congress workers outside the CBI headquarters in Lodhi Road area in south DelhiLinking the governments action of divesting CBI Director Alok Verma of his powers duties and functions with the controversy over the Rafale contract the Congress President alleged that the Prime Minister had benefited a businessman to the tune of Rs 30000 crore through this dealThe Congress will not allow the chowkidar to commit this theft The opposition parties will not allow the chowkidar to commit the theft Gandhi said amidst frenzied slogan shouting by party supporters Standing atop a truck Gandhi shouted chowkidhar chor hai The crowd roared as it repeated the slogan in unison before courting arrestGandhi was leading a noisy protest over the governments action in CBI He was flanked by party leaders Bhupinder Hooda Ahmed Patel Ashok Ghelot and Randeep Singh Surjewala as well as opposition leaders Nadimul Haque Trinamool Congress D Raja CPI and Sharad Yadav Loktantrik Janata DalLater Gandhi and other leaders were taken to the Lodhi Colony police station in a police bus and Surjewala tweeted that Gandhi and other leaders have been arrested Rahul Gandhis arrest by an autocratic Modi government wont deter or cow down millions of Congress workers from exposing the dismantling of the CBI to hide the Rafale scam he saidGhelot said the Congress was staging protests outside CBI offices throughout the country with the demand that Alok Verma be reinstated We want the reinstatement of Alok Verma He can be transferred only by the collegium of Prime Minister Chief Justice of India and Leader of Opposition The Prime Minister should tender an apology to the nation for destroying the image of CBILater the leaders were let off Gandhi told reporters outside the police station that Modi put Rs 30000 crore in the pocket of industrialist Anil Ambani The Prime Minister can run and run but cannot hide from truth The truth will come out The Prime Minister acted out of fear and panic on the issue The Prime Minister cannot give a rupee in waiver for farmers Nirav Modi Vijay Mallya Mehul Choksi Lalit Modi all fled Anil Ambani will also fleeThe reality is that the Prime Minister has indulged in corruption Chowkidhar chor hai he roared Earlier Gandhi led a short march from Dayal Singh College to the CBI headquarters along with opposition leaders Hundreds of Congress activists took part in the protest shouting slogans against ModiIn a dramatic midnight action the government on Tuesday divested CBI chief Verma of his charge and made Joint Director M Nageshwar Rao the interim director The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ACC took the decision as the war between Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana escalated over bribery allegations hurled at each otherAsthana was also divested of all supervisory charges on TuesdayCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis 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