Mangaluru: A protest against the detention of Congress party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi by Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has been protested by the District Congress members at the Congress office on Saturday, July 20.

Speaking to the protestors, former minister Ramanath Rai said, “Ten people were gunned down and Priyanka Gandhi had visited the victims at the hospital. Later on her way to the vicitms’ residence, she was stopped and denied permission to visit the victims’ families. BJP government is not in favour of the dalits and weaker section.”

“Congress members fought for freedom and went to jail. Unfortunately, we are labelled as traitors and those who have been to jail in criminal cases are ruling and they are portrayed as patriots. We condemn the detention of Priyanka Gandhi,” said Mr Rai.

Speaking on the occasion, former MLA Abhayachandra Jain said, “After BJP came to power, crimes have increased. BJP government is not in favour of the poor and weaker section. We condemn the fact that Priyanka Gandhi was stopped from visiting the families of the victims who were gunned down.”

“In Karnataka, BJP are trying to poach our MLAs in order to destabilise the government. BJP are trying to play cheap politics,” he alleged.