What is her crime: Vadra on Priyanka's detention

July 19, 2019 22:21

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband Robert Vadra on Friday slammed her detention in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district.

In a Facebook post, Robert Vadra asked whether it was a crime to support the poor in Uttar Pradesh and questioned Priyanka Gandhi's detention.

"Is it a crime to support the poor in Uttar Pradesh now? Someone tell me what is Priyanka's crime?" Robert Vadra said while sharing his photo with Priyanka Gandhi.

The Congress leader on Friday was detained and stopped from going to Sonbhadra, where 10 people were gunned down this week.

Priyanka Gandhi was taken to a guesthouse after she squatted on the road, insisting that she be allowed to proceed, UP Police officials said.

Earlier in the day, Robert Vadra had tweeted in protest of Priyanka Gandhi's detention in Mirzapur and said that it was "completely unconstitutional".

The Sonbhadra shootout acquired a sharp political edge with Congress leaders, including former party president Rahul Gandhi, alleging Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was "illegally" arrested and the Uttar Pradesh government was attempting to crush democracy, while the local police maintained that she was just detained in Narainpur in the state's Mirzapur district.

Ten people were killed and 18 injured in the clash between supporters of the village head and Gond tribals over a piece of land in Sonbhadra's Ghorawal area on Wednesday.

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