Overview

• Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh led a highway sit-in in Rae Bareli to demand that Rahul Gandhi apologise for the Darbhanga incident.
• Rahul Gandhi’s convoy was briefly halted near Harchandpur before police cleared the route and ensured his passage.
• Singh wrote to BJP leadership alleging Rae Bareli police showed favoritism to Gandhi, citing traffic diversions, vendor removals and rough handling of BJP workers.
• At a DISHA meeting chaired by Gandhi, Unchahar MLA Manoj Kumar Pandey walked out after his call for a formal condemnation of the alleged slur was not adopted.
• Singh called Gandhi “chor ke nati” and vowed to defeat the Gandhis, drawing Congress criticism over his language, as Gandhi reiterated plans to present proof of alleged vote theft.