Watch: Congress leaders Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi detained amid party's price rise protest

Rahul Gandhi at parliament. Pic/Pallav Paliwal

Several Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Shashi Tharoor were detained by the Delhi police during a protest against the Central government on price rise and unemployment on Friday.

Dressed in black, as several other party members did to register their protest against the government, Priyanka Gandhi jumped over police barricades put up on the road outside the party headquarters and squatted on the road, with police personnel asking her to move from there as section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is in force in the entire area of New Delhi district except Jantar Mantar.

The Delhi Police imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in the New Delhi district except Jantar Mantar, amid Congress party's call for nationwide protests against inflation and unemployment.

Congress party leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and MP Mallikarjun Kharge among others on Frida chose to sport black-coloured outfits to mark their support in wake of the protests called by the Congress workers against price rise and inflation.

While Rahul Gandhi chose to wear a black-coloured shirt, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chose to wear a black-coloured suit.

Rahul Gandhi also said today that the BJP attacks the Gandhi family because we fight for an ideology. "Why do they attack the Gandhi family? They do it because we fight for an ideology and there are crores of people like us. We fight for democracy, for communal harmony and we have been doing this for years. It's not just me who did that, it has been happening for years," he said while addressing a press conference earlier in the day.

Comparing PM Modi with Hitler, Rahul Gandhi said, "Hitler had also won elections, he too used to win elections. How did he use to do it? He had control of all of Germany's institutions...Give me the entire system, then I will show you how elections are won."

Congress leader Manish Tewari too was detained by the police during the protests. "When you are under detention & being taken an hour away in a rather rickety bus you post pictures. @RavneetBittu & I at Gate No 1 of Parlliament before the protest kicked off," Tewari tweeted.

(With inputs from ANI)