JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra along with working president Raman Bhalla and other senior leaders led a strong protest here on Wednesday to press for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharminder Pradhan and extend solidarity to Rahul Gandhi, who was detained in New Delhi.
They also accused the BJP of indulging in “hooliganism” and raised questions on the authorities allowing the saffron party to hold a demonstration outside the Congress office here.
Leader of the Opposition and BJP leader Sunil Sharma led a protest outside the Congress office at Shahidi Chowk here slamming the Congress leadership for “deliberately trying to create political instability, misleading the youth, and attempting to weaken India’s democratic institutions for narrow political interests”.
Congress leaders Karra, Bhalla and Ravinder Sharma were among those detained last evening while protesting outside the Lok Bhavan against forceful eviction of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi from outside the PM’s residence in New Delhi where they were demonstrating in support of Pradhan’s resignation.
JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra challenged the protesting BJP activists and leaders to attack Congress office here and described it as open “dictatorship and goondaism” of BJP against the Opposition. “Their attempt to attack Congress office is a clear indication of their dictatorial policy and hooliganism of, both in government and outside. He questioned the logic behind the ruling BJP’s attack and protest outside Congress office that proves that in power they indulge in dictatorship and outside they resort to hooliganism against the Opposition”.
Karra criticised the BJP government for the merciless lathicharge by police on the agitating youths in Delhi.
He extended full support to the cause of agitating students and demanded immediate resignation of Dharmender Pradhan and then full fledged debate on the irregularities and commercialization of education.
Raman Bhalla termed the BJP’s protest outside the congress office as an open hooliganism of the ruling party and described it as a result of “dictatorial attitude and mindset of BJP”.
The police had a tough time in controlling the situation as the BJP and Congress virtually came face to face outside the Congress office.
Addressing the BJP activists, Sunil Sharma said “Unable to digest India’s unprecedented progress and growing global stature under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress leadership is resorting to politics of disruption. Their only agenda is to create unrest, spread misinformation and weaken public confidence in democratic institutions”.