AGARTALA, Aug 22 (TIWN): A team of Tripura Congress comprised of Sajal Kumar Das, State Congress SC Dept Chairman, Ratan Das, State SC Dept Vice Chairman, Bijoy Das, SC Dept Vice Chairman, Tapan Sinha, Congress member, Biswajit Das, Congress worker have placed a memorandum to the President of India via the District Magistrate of West Dist seeking action against UP Govt which recently arrested Maharasthra Minister during his visit to meet a Dalit family who was killed.

They have requested the President of India to dismiss the Govt at there.

Maharashtra energy minister and chairman of the scheduled caste department of All India Congress Committee Nitin Raut was detained by Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police at the border of Azamgarh district on Thursday morning. The minister was travelling to meet the family of a murdered Dalit sarpanch of Bansgaon.

When Raut reached the Azhamgarh border, he was detained by the police. He was asked to accompany them to a guest house, but the Congress leader refused and started a sit-in protest at Baghpur village on the border. Raut later flew back to Nagpur.