The Congress on Saturday called the BJP government in the state dictatorial after several Congress leaders were detained by the police during a protest against the illegal detention of Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress had on Saturday carried out a protest near the Kochrab Ashram in the city. This was part of a nationwide protest orchestrated by the party against the detention of Priyanka Gandhi.
The Congress alleged that the police lathicharged and manhandled its workers. The police were forced into action after the party workers began to block the roads leading to a clash between the workers and the cops. Congress worker Jagdish Rajpurohit was among those seriously injured in the melee and had to be shifted to the VS Hospital's trauma centre.