Banner war: Police question Vadodara Congress unit president

Police said Friday that Joshi’s name had cropped up during the questioning of the accused, who were arrested Wednesday for putting up the banners against the BJP and Bhatt. Complying with the summons, Joshi, accompanied by senior Congress leaders like Chandrakant Shrivastav as well as the members of the party’s legal cell, visited the Warasiya police station for questioning.

“As the Congress President, I have come to the police station to comply with the procedure… The police never called in the BJP leaders who were responsible for the contract given out in the Harni boat tragedy that killed 14 persons… But the police promptly called in Congress leaders to question about the banners. We do not need to protest against BJP or Ranjan Bhatt in the dark. We openly protest against the BJP, Bhatt and also the misuse of the police by the party that is in power,” Joshi said.

On Wednesday, the Warasiya police had arrested Congress worker Harish Odh under two bailable sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of People Act, in connection with the banners that came up in the Karelibaug area. The Atladara police station had also arrested two persons for putting up anti-BJP banners in the Vadsar area of the city.