Congressmen stage demonstrations
NEW DELHI, MAY 18. The Delhi police today detained several Congress workers who were staging demonstrations across the Capital, protesting against the party president, Sonia Gandhi's decision not to accept the post of Prime Minister. According to the Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range), Maxwell Pereira, some party workers were detained when they reached the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters on Ashoka Road this evening. "They wanted to demonstrate in front of the office, but the police dispersed the crowd and detained some of them under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act," Mr. Pereira said. Police had to detain some workers outside 10 Janpath as well when they tried to prevent Ms. Gandhi from going to Parliament where she was scheduled to address the party MPs in the evening. Another group was detained when it marched to the house of the senior BJP leader, Sushma Swaraj, in Lodhi Estate to protest against her remarks against Ms. Gandhi.
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