Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 6: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were among around 250 people detained by Delhi Police on Tuesday night following an over eight-hour sit-in protest inside the Akashvani Bhawan premises after they were stopped from marching towards the Election Commission's office here.

Around 50 MPs were among those detained, according to police sources.

The detainees were being taken to New Police Lines at Kingsway Camp.

Police forcibly removed Rahul Gandhi along with Congress MPs and leaders, including K C Venugopal, Pawan Khera, K Suresh, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Imran Pratapgarhi, as the Akashvani premises were cleared of protesting MPs.

Gandhi had earlier entered the Akashvani premises on Parliament Street and began a dharna after police stopped an attempt by opposition MPs to march towards the Election Commission office, located around 300 metres away.

The opposition MPs were protesting over "vote chori" following media reports alleging irregularities in the functioning of the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The sit-in continued for more than eight hours before police began clearing the premises and detaining the protesters.