What happened (allegations and parliamentary demand)
Rahul Gandhi accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of failing to answer for police actions against students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on 20 July. Rahul Gandhi alleged batons and pellet guns were used during the protest and said Amit Shah would have to answer “sooner or later” for what Rahul Gandhi called a criminal act.
Rahul Gandhi also stated that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had not made a public response about the police action even after students ended agitation linked to paper leaks. Rahul Gandhi questioned why Amit Shah did not issue a statement after the agitation ended.
The Opposition reportedly demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah make statements in both Houses of Parliament regarding the police action against students and presented the dispute as disruptive to parliamentary proceedings.
Background (paper leaks-linked agitation and Rahul Gandhi’s Prayagraj narrative)
Rahul Gandhi stated that he met a student at a Congress programme in Prayagraj. Rahul Gandhi described the student’s exam preparation as spanning years and said the student sold family land and left parents in debt.
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