Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders, staged a protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg on Tuesday, demanding the resignations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah over police action on the protesting students.
Several Congress leaders were detained from the spot.
Rahul Gandhi demanded the resignations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing the Centre of being responsible for the alleged police action against students during Monday’s protest. The leaders also sought the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over paper leaks.
In a post on X, Gandhi said Congress leaders had marched to the Prime Minister’s residence to seek answers over what he described as the “brutalities against young students.”
“We have marched to PM Modi’s house to demand answers from him for the brutalities against young students yesterday. The Government doesn’t want to take any accountability, or does it want to have a debate on it in Parliament.
PM and HM must resign for destroying the future of India’s youth.”
The protest comes a day after thousands of people took part in a march to Parliament organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) over alleged NEET irregularities.
Several confrontations broke out between protesters and police in central Delhi. The Delhi Police has faced criticism over its handling of the protest, which was stopped from proceeding to Parliament from Jantar Mantar.
This is the first time an Opposition leader has staged a protest outside the Prime Minister’s high-security official residence.
Rahul Gandhi accused the Centre of using police force to suppress students raising genuine concerns over the education and examination systems. “The entire country knows the education system and testing system are broken; it has ceased to exist. The testing system has been hollowed out by termites. That is all they are saying. We have been saying it too. I have been giving presentation after presentation about this. Why is the Prime Minister silent?” Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament.
