Congress protests FIR against Rahul Gandhi over ‘purification’ ritual remarks

Members and leaders of the Kalaburagi district unit of the Congress staging a protest against the FIR registered against Rahul Gandhi, in Kalaburagi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Members and leaders of the Kalaburagi District Congress Committee staged a protest here on Tuesday against the FIR registered against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on an alleged ‘purification’ ritual conducted after AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a Congress rally in Haldwani in Uttarakhand on August 8.Congress workers gathered outside the Mini Vidhana Soudha and burnt tyres during the protest. They alleged that the ritual conducted at the venue after Mr. Kharge’s address amounted to untouchability and questioned the registration of a case against M