Keeping the heat on the Narendra Modi government , the Congress president Rahul Gandhi, joined by senior leaders of other opposition parties, on Friday turned up outside the CBI headquarters in Delhi in a massive show of force against what they said was the government’s attempt to interfere in the CBI functioning.
After courting arrest at Lodhi Road police station, Gandhi said that the government can detain him as many times as they want but they cannot hide the truth from people of India  .

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deceived the nation. He can run away from the truth, but he cannot hide it. People of this country have realised what PM has done. Changing the CBI director will not help him,” he said.
Gandhi, along with hundreds of party workers, was protesting outside CBI headquarters against the overnight ouster of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma.
The Centre divested agency director Verma of his powers and sent him on leave. CBI is India’ anti-corruption agency, which also investigates special crimes and high-profile cases.
Gandhi led the protest against the government move to strip CBI Alok Verma of his power, which he said was an attempt to prevent an investigation into the Rafale deal.
During the short march from Dayal Singh College to the CBI headquarters in south Delhi’s Lodhi Road area was joined by several opposition leaders including former Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav and Communist Party of India’s D. Raja and over 3,000 Congress activists took part in the protest, shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Keeping the momentum going , Congress leaders also protested outside all Central Bureau of Investigation offices across the country.

In Bengaluru , the state leaders protested outside the CBI office on Bellary Road. The party leaders gathered at the CBI office.
Gandhi said on Thursday that Verma was “removed in panic” because he was going to begin a probe into the controversial Rafale deal that the Congress leader claimed would have been “suicidal” for Modi.
In a dramatic midnight action, the government on Tuesday night divested CBI chief Verma of his charge and made Joint Director M. Nageshwar Rao the interim director.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) took the decision as the war between Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana escalated over bribery allegations hurled at each other.
Asthana was also divested of all supervisory charges on Tuesday after the PMO intervened.