Shimla, Oct. 7 -- The Himachal Pradesh Congress on Wednesday held a protest and staged a gherao of Lok Bhawan in Shimla against the detention of Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleging that the BJP-led government was attempting to undermine democracy through what it termed "vote theft."

The protest was led by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, state Congress Committee president Vinay Kumar and other Congress ministers, legislators and senior party leaders.

Speaking with ANI, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said, "Rahul Gandhi, as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and leader of the country's principal opposition party, was...