He is the second senior Mumbai Congress leader to leave the party in one month after former Union minister Milind Deora joined Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena party.
According to Canadian media reports, Canada's federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is looking to examine allegations of meddling by India in the last two general elections.
The white paper tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims the UPA government had "failed miserably" to facilitate economic activities and "created hurdles" that held back the economy.
The protest slowed down the movement of vehicular traffic on various routes, including key stretches of the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and DND that thousands of commuters opt for daily.
In his speech in Rajya Sabha, Modi praised the former Prime Minister's commitment to his duties as a parliamentarian and said he will be remembered whenever democracy is discussed.
Congress MP K Suresh said the repeated vandalisation of churches in some states and continued assault on Christian missionaries and priests by the right-wing group is alarming.
Gandhi said a beautiful slogan came out of the Bharat Jodo Yatra: "Nafrat ke bazaar me Mohabbat ki dukan" (shop of love in the market of hatred) and that it deeply explains the Congress' ideology.