Arrest me too, Rahul tweets poster criticising Modi
New Delhi: Amid reports of people being arrested for putting posters against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has dared the government to arrest him.
Tweeting the poster on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi said: “Arrest me too.”
Arrest me too.
मुझे भी गिरफ़्तार करो। pic.twitter.com/eZWp2NYysZ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 16, 2021
Meanwhile, Congress leaders, targetting the government, are putting up a social media campaign.
Congress leader Pawan Khera said: “People have expectations from the government which has broken… so whom the people will question when you want all the credit.
“Why should people not ask question that why their vaccines have been exported,” he asked.
The Delhi Police has arrested over a dozen people in connection with the cases it registered, sources said on Saturday.
The matter relates to putting up black colour posters criticising the Prime Minister for exporting the Covid-19 vaccines to other countries instead of fulfilling the requirements of the people of the country.
The posters were found in several areas of Delhi like Shahdara, Rohini, Rithala, Dwarka and other places.
A Delhi Police source said that the police has registered over 17 FIRs in connection with the posters against the Prime Minister.
The source said that police has registered two FIRs in Central Delhi and arrested four people, two FIRS have been registered in Rohini and two people arrested, one FIR in East Delhi and four people have been arrested, one FIR in Dwarka and two people have been arrested, one FIR in North East Delhi and three people have been arrested and on the basis of an FIR in Shahdara one person has been arrested.
The source said that the police has also obtained CCTV footage from Shahdara area where people were seen putting up the posters.
The source also said that the police is interrogating the person to identify other people.
It further said that it has also come to notice that for sticking three posters, the people were paid Rs 500 in Shahdara area.
Putting up critical posters against PM is now a crime? Is India run by the Modi Penal Code now? Is the Delhi Police so jobless in the middle of a raging pandemic??
I am putting up posters on my compound wall tomorrow. Come get me.@DelhiPolice @AmitShah https://t.co/cFH8Tdh93p
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 15, 2021
Apart from Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders Abhishek Singhvi and P.S. Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh also came out against Modi. Chidambaram said India was an independent nation if the questioning of the Prime Minister was postponed. Has it become a crime in the country to put up posters against the Prime Minister? Jairam Ramesh asked Is India run by Modi penal code now?
The poster asked a simple question of the PM: why did you export the vaccines meant for our children?
Even before the PM could answer, the loyal Delhi Police answered with ARREST
Celebrate, India is a free country!
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) May 16, 2021
