Congress holds pan-India anti-demonetisation protests; Sushil Kumar Shinde, other key leaders detained

The Congress on Wednesday held protests in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram against Reserve Bank of India as a part of the party’s ‘Jan Vedna’ campaign against Prime Minister Narendra’s demonetisation move. The party’s Delhi unit led by its president Ajay Maken tried to hold a protest march from Jantar Mantar to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office at Parliament Street. In Ahmedabad, senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde, Shankersinh Vaghela and Bharatsinh Solanki were detained by police. Similar protests were held in Thiruvananthapuram.