Congress city president Rutvij Joshi alleged that police had been sent to the Congress office to "restrict opposition leaders even as the ruling party marched in democracy’s defence."

VADODARA’S political scene served up an interesting irony on Wednesday– while the BJP took out a march to ‘Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy’, the Congress alleged that police turned up at its office to keep opposition leaders under virtual house arrest. Congress city president Rutvij Joshi alleged that police had been sent to the Congress office to “restrict opposition leaders even as the ruling party marched in democracy’s defence.”

The BJP’s ‘Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao’ march began at Navlakhi Ground, drawing workers from across central Gujarat, and wound its way through Khanderao Market and Raopura. State ministers Raman Solanki and Manishaben Vakil, along with Kamlesh Patel and chief whip Balakrishna Shukla, joined the procession even as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel skipped the yatra.…