Congress stages protest against Rahul Gandhi's arrest

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 12 May 2011, 22:47 IST
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Kolkata : The city came to a halt today after Congress supporters blocked roads at different places protesting against the arrest of Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh. According to police, Congress workers blocked roads at Hazra in South Kolkata, Esplanade and Moulali in Central Kolkata and M G Road in North Kolkata and other places in the southern and northern fringes of the city. "All the blockades were lifted after police intervened except in Moulali where the blockade is still continuing" police officials said. Rahul Gandhi was arrested last night by the UP police capping a day of high drama after he slipped in unnoticed in pre-dawn hours to support the farmers agitating against the state's land acquisition process for a expressway project.