In a significant political demonstration, Congress party workers staged a protest outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's metropolitan office in Gorakhpur on Thursday. The agitation was spearheaded by the district Congress president, Rajesh Tiwari, who led a large group of party supporters in a gherao of the BJP stronghold.
Protesters Allege Political Vendetta by Centre
The protest action unfolded in the afternoon when a crowd of Congress workers descended upon the BJP office. They raised loud slogans against the BJP's central leadership, voicing their strong opposition to what they termed as the partisan use of central investigative agencies. The police, however, intervened and prevented the protesters from entering the office premises, maintaining a strict vigil to avoid any escalation.
Addressing the gathering and the media, Rajesh Tiwari launched a direct attack on the ruling dispensation at the Centre. He alleged a deep-rooted conspiracy targeting the top echelons of the Congress party. Tiwari specifically named senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi as victims of this alleged plot. He claimed that agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were being weaponized for political vendetta, a tactic he stated Congress workers would firmly resist.
Congress Leaders Decry "Fabricated Cases"
Echoing Tiwari's sentiments, the Metropolitan Congress president, Ravi Pratap Nishad, also leveled serious accusations. Nishad contended that there were deliberate attempts to frame the party's senior leadership in false and manufactured cases. This, according to the Congress leaders, represents a dangerous trend of undermining political opposition through state machinery.
The protest in Gorakhpur highlights the escalating political tensions in Uttar Pradesh and at the national level. It underscores the Congress party's strategy to publicly challenge and mobilize against the actions of central agencies, which it consistently labels as politically motivated. The event signals a continued and vocal confrontation between the two major political parties in the run-up to future electoral battles.
