Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 20: Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda stated on Twitter today that MLAs and leaders from the state of Haryana were stopped at the border while attempting to enter Delhi for a peaceful protest against the Agnipath programme and the misuse of the central agency Enforcement Directorate.
“This police surveillance on people’s expression and government curbs on free speech is unacceptable,” he said.
अग्निपथ योजना और केंद्रीय एजेंसियों ED के दुरुपयोग के खिलाफ शांतिपूर्ण धरने में हिस्सा लेने जा रहे हरियाणा कांग्रेस के विधायकों व नेताओं को दिल्ली बॉर्डर पर बेवजह गिरफ़्तार करा जा रहा है।
जनता की अभिव्यक्ति पर यह पुलिसिया पहरेदारी व सरकारी अंकुश प्रजातंत्र में अस्वीकार्य है! pic.twitter.com/FyFLXTLlNE
— Deepender S Hooda (@DeependerSHooda) June 20, 2022
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is due to appear before the ED for the fourth time today in connection with the National Herald case, prompting the Congress leaders to organise a march.
Protests have also erupted across the country over the grand old party’s opposition to the new armed forces recruitment scheme Agnipath.
The party had previously stated that peaceful protests against the Centre’s Agnipath recruitment plan and the questioning of party MP Rahul Gandhi in the money-laundering case will continue on Monday across the country.
