Congress office stone pelting

A violent tussle between party workers of the Congress and the BJP broke out near the Gujarat Pradesh Congress office in Ahmedabad’s Paldi area today.

Several workers are said to have suffered injuries due to stone pelting by party workers.

Police personnel are deployed to pacify the situation and disperse the agitated crowd. However, onlookers alleged the personnel present remained silent spectators.

A police officer was injured in the stone-pelting, who has been shifted to hospital for treatment.

As per preliminary information, many workers have been detained.

Notably, the state BJP faction has been undergoing a furore after Congress leader and Raebareli MP passed remarks on Hinuds and others in the parliament on July 1.

Parts of Gandhi’s speech during the discussion on the President’s Address were also expunged.

Congress leader Amit Chavda, in the aftermath of an earlier attack on the Gujarat Pradesh Congress office in Ahmedabad's Paldi, addressed the media where he criticised the government of ‘encouraging goons’.

At 4 am today, Congress office in Ahmedabad was vandalised by people Chavda alleged to be Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goons, according to a tweet by Chavda earlier today.