Ram Krishna Dwivedi, a Congress veteran and Indira Gandhi's close aide, had defeated a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in a byelection from Maniram constituency of Gorakhpur in 1971.
Out of over 350 former MPs, MLAs, MLCs and 2017 Vidhan Sabha and 2019 Lok Sabha election candidates of Congress invited, only 40 persons showed up to meet Priyanka Vadhra.
The Madhya Pradesh HC, rejecting the petition of Advocate Bohre, has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 saying that the petitioner is trying to gain 'cheap publicity'.
Youth Congress members burnt the effigies of PM Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah outside Shashtri Bhawan near Parliament protesting against SPG removal
The non-cooperation of the Gandhi family with the SPG over the year and preventing the smooth functioning of SPG was also one of the reasons for the government to downgrade their security from SPG to a Z-plus category.