Friday, June 17, 2022

Renuka Chowdhury's confrontation with the police caused an online uproar

 While Congress continued protesting on Thursday against a former President Rahul Gandhi's law enforcement (ED) meeting on a question and answer, former MP Renuka Chowdhury caused a stir on the Internet after being spotted with a police officer at her collar. time to face law enforcers. Hyderabad during the "Chalo Raj Bhavan" march.


A video released by the ANI news agency showed a former EU minister fighting police officers who are gathering to disperse a congress protest and grabbing a police officer by the collar while being driven by a police car. After Chowdhury shared the video of the incident, he said he "did not intend" to "beat" or "humiliate" the police officer. He admitted that he "grabbed" the collar of the police officer after he lost his balance while "sticking out". He blamed the "real problem" for the "transfer". The leader of the congress in Telugu told the media in the area earlier in the day that she was peacefully protesting along with other leaders when the police intervened. He asked how the police had treated her. The former EU minister criticized the state government, saying "real thieves were sitting in a rally", adding that "the police do not have the courage to arrest them". At the request of the Minister of the Interior of the Union, Amit Shah, for an answer, he said in English that "law and order are completely failing in the country."



"Why are the cops around me?" he asked in a tweet. He later wrote: "Police across the country must show restraint against protesting leaders in Congress. You will enter our office, kick our leaders, drag our women away. Leaders, you will blame our leaders and expect us to calm down." are they? "

Chowdhury has twice served as Minister of the Union as Minister of Tourism (2004-2006) and Minister for the Development of Women and Children (2006-2009). He was a vocal politician, but was mostly absent from the national scene after serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha in 2012. He is now a speaker in Congress.


During Thursday's protest march, party leaders Telangana and MP A Revanth Reddy and Bhatti Vikramarka were among the detained party leaders. The state unit's social media account also shared a video of police beating spokesman Kiran Chamal. According to reports, a bicycle was set on fire during the protests.

Reddy posted a tweet that says, "Arrests do not please our minds. Why is the government so afraid of our leader @RahulGandhi that he needs the help of the ED, CBI and police ?! Will we continue our unique fight against the government? lidu.