Noida: Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra were going to Hathras today to meet the victim’s family on the Hathras gang rape case. On the Yamuna Expressway, when the police stopped them, both of them got down from their vehicles and left for Hathras. Meanwhile, a video has surfaced in which the cops are pushing away from Rahul Gandhi and in the same, Rahul Gandhi fell on the ground after which the security persons in his protection took up. Rahul alleges that the police pushed him and hit him with sticks.
Rahul Gandhi told the media that just now the police pushed me, kicked sticks and threw me on the ground. He said that I want to ask if only Modi ji has the right to walk in this country .. Common people like us cannot walk on foot. Our vehicles were stopped so we are walking.
Priyanka Gandhi alleged that she was also pushed and there were attempts to throw her to the ground.
“Why are you arresting me? What are the grounds for the arrest? What law am I violating,” Rahul Gandhi said in a heated exchange with policemen, who said that they were charging him with “Section 188” a law on defying official orders.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were travelling to Hathras in a convoy when their vehicles were stopped in Noida near Delhi, at a point around 142 km from their destination.
