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"We detained around 400-odd people as they tried to enter "We detained around 400-odd people as they tried to enterthe state Assembly. Those detained included senior partyleaders," Gandhinagar SP Virendra Yadav said. Thousands of Congress supporters had gathered inGandhinagar to join the rally against the "oppressive" BJPgovernment, and "atrocities" on the Dalits, as the monsoonsession of the Assembly was in progress. As protesters reached the entrance of the assembly,police put up a barricade to stop them from entering thepremises. When they tried to force their way, police preventedthem from moving ahead using water canons, and then detainedthem. All those detained were later let-off later. Emerging from the police detention, Bharatsinh Solankiattacked the state government charging it with being"irresponsible and oppressive". "The BJP government has become irresponsible andoppressive towards the public. Corruption has grown and everysection of people is fed up with the government. Even when theDalits were being attacked, beaten up, the Prime Ministerremained silent on the issue and instead expressed hissolidarity for the people of Balochistan," Solanki said. He said the government had done little to prevent attackson the Dalits, the adivasis and the OBC community members. Earlier, addressing the rally, Vaghela asked the publicto uproot the BJP government. "Unlike the BJP government, the Congress governmentworked in the interest of the public. When our PM (NarendraModi) was chief minister here, in 2013, he criticisedCongress-led UPA government over rising petrol, diesel price.The price continues to rise," he said. "The BJP stalled passage of GST Bill for four years.Now, it had trouble when Congress raised objection to it. BJPcontinues to chant that the PM is from Gujarat. They wanted tocongratulate Urjit Patel for being appointed as RBI governor,for his being a Gujarati. I objected to it. All this is beingdone to mislead the public," Vaghela told the gathering. PTIKA PD GK NM NMTIR