In Vadodara, former GPCC president Bharatsinh Solanki said that the BJP “conspired through a court case to take away” Rahul Gandhi’s Parliament membership as it was “intimidated” by the response his Bharat Jodo Yatra received.
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Manish Doshi alleged that they were given verbal permission Saturday night to hold the protest at Lal Darwaza. However, as sloganeering started only 10 minutes before the protest, the police declined the written permission submitted to them, he added.