The Congress wants to convey the message that the Modi government is trying to harass senior party leaders by issuing summons and subjecting them to questioning. Rahul Gandhi has been trying to portray that neither he nor his party is afraid of Modi and the investigating agencies.

Congress protest: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KC Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge were among those detained by the Delhi Police for not following police directions for the maintenance of law and order in the national capital.

The ED is recording the statement of Rahul Gandhi under criminal sections of the PMLA. The probe is related to alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper, published by the Associated Journals Limited (AJL).

Hundreds of Congress workers in Delhi and state capitals took to the streets and several senior leaders, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Randeep Surjewala and K C Venugopal, were detained in Delhi amid a massive show of strength by the party which had called for the Satyagraha march against the ED summons.

Chidambaram, who along with party colleagues participated in a protest march as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED, said three big, burly policemen crashed into him and he was lucky to get away with a "suspected hairline crack".

Huge police deployment was seen outside the Enforcement Directorate office on this morning with some Congress workers getting detained outside party headquarters.

459 Congress workers, including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K C Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge, were detained by the Delhi Police as they 'failed to follow police directions for the maintenance of law and order in the national capital.'

Chidambaram also said every effort should be made and will be made to forge unity among the Opposition parties in the upcoming presidential polls.

A day after nationwide protests over now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma's prophet remarks left the country shocked, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said "hate and unrest is not our way".

India on Thursday said it expects China to work with it to reach a mutually acceptable solution for the remaining issues in eastern Ladakh in the next round of military talks.

Congress leaders in states will also take out marches to the agency offices in their respective states and will stage "satyagrah" on Monday, party sources said.

Sonia Gandhi, who was summoned by the ED in a case related to the National Herald newspaper, had tested Covid positive on June 2.

Rahul Gandhi was abroad when the killing took place on May 29. He returned this weekend.

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi, the president of Congress Party.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has requested those who came in ger contact to take all necessary precautions.  

Rahul Gandhi was earlier asked to depose on June 2 but the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad seat in Kerala sought a fresh date as he was out of the country.

The former Union minister is part of the 'G-23', a group of dissident leaders who are pressing for organizational reforms in the Grand Old Party which has suffered one electoral setback after another in the recent years.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi received a summon from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the National Herald case, which was closed by the investigating agency in 2015.

Rahul Gandhi's remarks come a day after school teacher Renu Bala was gunned down near her school in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam by terrorists.

Sonia Gandhi has been asked to depose before the ED on June 8 while Rahul Gandhi is understood to have been asked to appear earlier.