Prayagraj: Minority Congress city Congress president Arshad Ali placed under house arrest. On February 17th, on the instructions of State Congress President Ajay Rai, he was scheduled to leave for Lucknow with party workers to surround the Assembly on issues of MNREGA, inflation, and unemployment. However, a large police force, including the Kareli police station in-charge, arrived at his residence in Kareli and placed him under house arrest. Arshad Ali described his arrest as a dictatorship by the government and against democracy.