Congress MLAs to protest in Tamil Nadu Assembly for 24 hours

Chennai (IANS) | Tamil Nadu Congress MLAs will stage a dharna in the Assembly on Monday to condemn the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament. The protest will continue for 24 hours and will end on Tuesday morning. The Congress party will also bring a special resolution in the assembly to protest against the murder of democracy.

This was announced by Congress Legislature Party leader Selvaperithungai while interacting with media persons on Sunday. He said that while attending the ongoing budget session in the House, the legislators would wear black dress.

He said, to show the unity of the opposition, we will stay in the House and protest with placards of ‘Stand with Rahul Gandhi’.

Meanwhile, Congress workers observed a hunger strike in front of the memorial of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Sriperumbudur.

The workers raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded the central government to withdraw the case against Rahul Gandhi.

–IANS