Prabha Taviad was virtually pushed away from a stage in the presence of Chief Minister at Godhra on Friday.
While Modi refrained from acknowledging the woman MP, the police forcibly dragged Taviad from the stage and detained her. She was released later.
The incident took place during farmer rally. While local MP Taviad and MLA C K Raolji were invited to the function, Raolji, who was voicing some local concerns over the tribal development in the area, had set on a protest near the venue and raised slogan against Modi. The local police detained the MLA along with other Congress workers.
Taviad, who was at the programme, approached Modi on the dais and asked the CM as why her party workers have been detained and when they will be released,.
Taviad told media that she had gone to ask the chief minister as to why invited members of the Assembly were not allowed to attend the programme. “He refused to answer my question and I said you will have to answer when they pulled me out of the stage,” Taviad said.
Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil criticized Modi for the inhuman treatment of the Congress woman MP.
“The chief minister was angry with her because she had tried to protest against the brutal treatment of Congress MLAs and other leaders who wanted to draw the attention of the chief minister to some local problems,” he said.
Gohil demanded the chief minister to apologise to women and tribal people for the public humiliation of elected woman tribal representative.
Meanwhile Modi raised the pitch against the Central government during his speech in the meeting and said he is being threatened with arrest on daily basis from Delhi.“Let them arrest me if they can,” Modi said.