“There are 45 FIRs against me, My Goal is 100,” Rahul Gandhi Refuses to Back Down After Akashwani Bhawan Sit-In
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Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi brushed off fresh criminal charges registered against him by the Delhi Police on Wednesday, making light of the legal action following his unapproved sit-in at Akashwani Bhawan.
"There are 45 FIRs against me. My goal is 100," Gandhi remarked during an informal interaction with reporters, downplaying the FIR lodged after an eight-hour standoff inside the state broadcaster's Parliament Street complex.
Trespass Charges Follow High-Octane Parliament Street Protest
The police case follows a high-voltage march on Tuesday toward the Election Commission of India headquarters. Protesting alongside INDIA bloc parliamentarians against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter list manipulation, leaders were halted by police barricades near Akashwani Bhawan.
While security personnel detained several marchers in buses, Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra bypassed security lines and entered the Akashvani Bhavan compound, staging a sit-in that lasted nearly nine hours before police cleared the site late Tuesday night.
Delhi Police subsequently registered an FIR citing charges of unlawful assembly, trespassing, and obstruction of public servants performing official duties.
INDIA Bloc Strategy Meet Over Janpath Lunch
Unfazed by the mounting legal action, Gandhi joined senior leaders from the INDIA bloc at a strategy luncheon hosted by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at Janpath’s Sagar Ratna restaurant on Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting focused on planning their next phase of agitation against the Election Commission while reinforcing opposition coordination despite heavy police deployment across Central Delhi.
