Riots in India for skyrocketing prices. Police arrest en masse, including many politicians
Indian police detained dozens of congressional opposition party MPs, including leader Rahul Gandhi, as they attempted to march to the president's home and prime minister's residence to protest the soaring food and fuel prices. and the increase in the tax on goods and services (GST). The events saw a very large participation, as you can see from the video below:
Police also arrested hundreds of party supporters in the capital New Delhi on Friday to prevent them from joining protest leaders, many of whom wore black protest suits. Several female protesters cooked outside the Congress party headquarters using wood for the fire, claiming that cooking gas prices have risen beyond the means of poor and middle-class families.
In New Delhi, police began surrounding the party headquarters and the homes of leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after the party announced plans to organize nationwide protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. .
"What we are witnessing is the death of democracy in India," Rahul Gandhi told reporters.
“Anyone who opposes this idea of the beginning of a dictatorship is viciously attacked, jailed, arrested and beaten. The idea is that people's problems – be it rising prices, unemployment or violence in society – shouldn't be raised. This is the government's only agenda ”.
"Democracy is a memory," Gandhi then tweeted with photos of police repression of protests.
Police prevented the party from organizing similar marches in Mumbai, India's financial capital, Guwahati and other cities by detaining party members and taking them away in buses and other vehicles.
The police did not make any immediate comments. Lawmakers and their supporters were expected to be released after a short period of detention – a general police practice in this type of protests.
“This is the worst form of revenge politics. We will not submit! We will not be silenced! We will continue to raise our voices against the injustices and failures of the Modi government, ”the party said in a tweet.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman defended the government's handling of the economy in parliament earlier this week, saying there is no likelihood of India slipping into recession. However, inflation is over 7%, but mainly affects the basis of the Indian diet with + 17% of vegetables and + 11% of spices. Growth is at 4.1% and is continuously slowing down. If the cost of living does not stop, further protests are to be expected, in the country that is poised to be the most populous in the world.
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