Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stated {that a} Congress MLA – Anant Patel – was attacked in Gujarat amid a protest as he leveled allegations on the BJP, claiming that his colleague was focused by the rival occasion. His comment – in a tweet – got here as a case was reported to have been filed within the matter.
Anant Patel alleged an assault on Saturday. “About four-five folks attacked Anant Patel yesterday after which he sat on a protest together with his Adivasi supporters. He is been assured that inside three days, the responsible shall be caught, and correct motion shall be taken. Cops have been deployed however no untoward incident occurred,” Navsari deputy superintendent of police was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
In a late-night tweet, Rahul Gandhi shared a photograph of Patel that confirmed a head damage as he wrote in Hindi: “In Gujarat, the assault on our MLA Anant Patel – who has been protesting for tribals towards the Par Tapi river hyperlink mission – by the BJP is condemnable. That is the panic of the BJP authorities. Each employee of the Congress will battle until the final breath for the rights of tribals.”
Not simply Rahul Gandhi, others within the occasion tweeted too. “Condemn the brutal assault on Congress tribal chief Anant Patel MLA . Sanghi’s at all times use pressure, it is the identical Godse methodology. We is not going to bow all the way down to Godse’s grandchildren,” wrote Congress MP Manickam Tagore.
After he was allegedly focused, the Congress chief informed ANI: “We’ll protest right here until the time the Zila Panchayat chief and his goons are caught. Highways of 14 districts shall be blocked by Adivasis until then… Anybody who raises their voice beneath the rule of the BJP authorities is overwhelmed up and despatched to jail.”
The claims come forward of the meeting polls due within the state. A few weeks in the past, Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kerjiwal had alleged {that a} occasion chief – Manoj Sorathiya – “was attacked by BJP goons”.
(With inputs from ANI)
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