Dictatorship has become a profession under Modi government: Rahul Gandhi

A day after Congress workers were lathi-charged in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, party President Rahul Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government saying that dictatorship has become a "profession" and the attack would be remembered as an act of "political atrocity".

"Under Narendra Modi's regime, dictatorship has turned into a profession. The attack on Congress workers' fundamental rights by Raman Singh's government in Bilaspur will be remembered by citizens as an act of political atrocity," Gandhi said in a tweet attaching the video of the lathi-charge on the party workers by Chhattisgarh Police.

Congress workers were lathi-charged on Tuesday in Bilaspur district during a protest against state Minister Amar Agarwal.

The Congress workers were beaten by the police after they spilled garbage at Agarwal's house. Over a dozen Congress workers were injured in the lathi-charge by the police including senior party leader Atal Srivastava.