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Priyanka Gandhi detained during INDIA bloc march

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was halted on Tuesday while a group of opposition MPs were marching towards the Election Commission's headquarters in New Delhi. The demonstrators demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. They were stopped in front of the NITI Aayog office, situated between NITI Aayog and Akashvani Bhavan, on their way to the Election Commission headquarters.

The opposition MPs held up cutouts depicting Kumar in an RSS uniform and chanted slogans like "BJP hai CEC hai", "Vote chor, gaddi chhod" and "Democracy not for sale". Gandhi shared on X, "Gyanesh it's done bro. Time to resign."

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