Priyanka Gandhi Refuses to Furnish Bail, Says Ready to Go to Jail

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Guwahati, July 20, 2019:

Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has refused to furnish bail after she was detained and stopped from going to Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh where 10 people were gunned down a few days ago.

Priyanka Gandhi stayed put at a guesthouse in Mirzapur district where she was taken after she squatted on the road with her supporters, insisting she be allowed to proceed and meet the victims' families.

The Congress leader took it to her social media handle and tweeted in Hindi : “I have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh administration for the last nine hours and kept in Chunar fort. The administration says I have to furnish bail of Rs 50,000, else I will be sentenced to jail for 14 days, but they will not let me go to Sonbhadra as these are ‘orders from above’.”

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Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Congress Legislature Party leader Ajay Kumar Lallu, who has been with her at the guesthouse, said, "We have clearly said, either let us meet the victims or send us to jail."

Reportedly, Priyanka stated that she considered paying bail immoral in this situation. "If the government wants to put me in jail for the crime of meeting victims, I am totally prepared for that," she said.

In another tweet, she stated that she has not broken any laws or committed a crime, she would visit Sonabhadra whichever way the administration allowed. “Despite this, the UP government created this spectacle,” she added.

As per the information of Chunar Sub-Divisional Magistrate Satya Prakash said Priyanka was under preventive detention and had refused to furnish a personal bond.