Congress on Tuesday condemned the arrest of party leader Shahnawaj Alam in connection with December protests against the new citizenship law (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). While Congress Secretary-General Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the BJP government of using the police “as an instrument to suppress” voices questioning it, the party’s leaders, led by the head of state Congress Ajay Kumar Lallu and CLP leader Aradhna Mishra took to the streets of Lucknow in protest. Alam’s arrest.

“Leaders and workers in Congress are committed to raising the issue of people. Although the BJP government can repress other political parties by turning the police into an instrument of repression, it will not be able to stop us, ”Priyanka tweeted.

He also uploaded a CCTV video allegedly from Alam’s residence showing that he was taken to the street by police on Monday night. “… Such action by the police is repressive and unconstitutional. But the Congressional soldiers would not be afraid of the false cases and the police charge, ”Priyanka said, referring to the arrest of Ajay Kumar Lallu on May 20 for allegedly providing false bus documents, which the party had organized to transport the UP migrant workers border their home districts.

Alam was arrested in Hazratganj on Monday night with a violent protest during the uprising against CAA on December 19 last year.