00:01Clashes break out at Uttar Pradesh's Congress Office during the charge-taking ceremony in Lucknow.
00:08Party workers clashed during the charge-taking ceremony at the UP Congress Office in Lucknow.
00:12Chaos erupted at the Congress Office.
00:13Shoes and slippers were brandished and a scuffle broke out between both sides.
00:19The dispute began as soon as Ajay Rai arrived at the Congress Office.
00:22A heated argument took place between Congress leader Mamata Chaudhary and Ajay Rai.
00:27Mamata Chaudhary told Ajay Rai, I don't want to see your face. Get out of here.
00:31Ajay Rai retorted, stay within your limits, which further then escalated the entire dispute.
00:36A supporter of Ajay Rai then took off his shoe, triggering a physical altercation between the two groups.
00:42The commotion at the Congress Office continued for about 30 minutes.
00:46Following the uproar, former Congress President Ajay Rai sat on a protest there in itself.
00:51Ajay Rai alleged that he'd been subjected to misconduct.
00:54Pramod Tiwari, who was a senior Congress MP, tried to pacify the situation with folded hands.
00:59Imran Masood and Pramod Tiwari, both MPs from the Congress,
01:03persuaded Ajay Rai to end the protest.
01:05After speaking to Rahul Gandhi over the phone, Ajay Rai ended his protest and left the Congress Office.
01:12Now, Santosh Sharma joining me on the broadcast with more details on the same.
01:16Santosh, very good evening to you.
01:19What exactly are we looking at here, what happened here, what happened here, let me give you a little bit
01:24of knowledge.
01:25He was saying that Ajay Rai was sitting there, in fact, he started a sit-in protest right there.
01:32But, at the end of the day, what was the exchange of words that happened with Mamata Chaudhary there at
01:39this given point?
01:41I beg your pardon.
02:31So, that's when Ajay Rai, in fact, sat down on a sit-in protest right at the Congress Office, UP
02:37Office in Lucknow itself.
02:39So, those are the details, viewers, that we're learning about this entire episode that's unfolded.
02:43We've completely run out of time.
