The Delhi Police on Thursday stopped Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders, who were marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to hand over a memorandum containing two crore signatures seeking President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention in farm laws issue. During this time, Delhi Police took custody of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Congress leaders. After this, the police took Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders on a bus. "No permission has been granted for Congress' march to Rashtrapati Bhavan today. However, three leaders, who have appointments at Rashtrapati Bhavan, will be allowed to go," said Deepak Yadav, Additional District Commissioner of Police, New Delhi.

Source: dna December 24, 2020 08:26 UTC