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The TMC delegation at Varanasi airport. (ANI)
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A team of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Saturday was detained at Lal Bahadur Shastri
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This came a day after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained and stopped from
going to Sonbhadra where 10 tribals were gunned down this week during a clash over a land
dispute.
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Video message from Trinamool delegation who have been

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In a video message on Twitter, TMC MP Derek O’Brien said, “We just landed at Varanasi airport. My
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colleague Sunil Mondal and Abir Ranjan Biswas.. The ADM and SP are here. They told us we have
been detained. We told them it cannot be Section 144 since only three of us are here. Our intention
is that we wish to proceed to the BHU trauma centre to meet the injured and then we wish to go to
the spot at Sonbhadra. They are saying we have been detained but we have asked them under
what sections.”
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at Chunar guest house on Saturday. (Source: Congress)
Meanwhile, Priyanka, who was detained at Chunar guest house in Mirzapur, continued with her
dharna on Saturday. “It has been 24 hours. I am not going to leave until and unless I am allowed to
meet the victims of Sonbhadra’s ring case,” she was quoted as saying by ANI.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

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Congress leaders yesterday staged protests in several districts against the police action to stop
her from going to Sonbhadra.
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Ten people were killed and 28 injured in the clash between supporters of village head Yagya Dutt
and Gond tribals over a piece of land in Sonbhadra’s Ghorawal area on Wednesday. Dutt’s
supporters allegedly opened re on tribals.
Twenty-nine people, including Dutt and his brother, were arrested. Prohibitory orders are in force in
Ghorawal area in Sonbhadra district and thorough checking of vehicles is on to monitor the
movement of people.
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