‘Either guilty or incompetent’: Rahul Gandhi seeks Amit Shah’s statement on police action against protesters

Rahul
steps
up
attack
at
Ce t e

NEW
DELHI:
Lok
Sabha
leade
of
oppositio

Rahul
Ga dhi
has
stepped
up
his
attack
o
the
Ce t e,
taki g
di ect
aim
at
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a d
U io
home
mi iste

Amit
Shah
ove
the
police
c ackdow
o
stude ts
p otesti g
at
Delhi’s
Ja ta
Ma ta
ove
the
NEET
pape
leak.The
stude ts’
p olo ged
agitatio
eve tually
led
to
o e
of
thei
key
dema ds
bei g
met,
with
Dha me d a
P adha
esig i g
as
U io
educatio
mi iste .Howeve ,
Rahul
Ga dhi,
while
sha i g
his
colum
published
i
a
daily
ewspape ,
co ti ued
to
ta get
the
gove me t
ove
the
alleged
police
actio
agai st
p oteste s.
Refe i g
to
the
epo ted
use
of
fo ce,
he
questio ed
how
the
Modi
gove me t
espo ds
to
you g
people
dema di g
a swe s
about
thei
futu e.He
w ote
i
his
post
o
X:
“Pellet
gu s,
Nail-studded
lathis,
tea
gas
fi ed
at
stude ts
who
we e
peacefully
aski g
questio s
about
thei
ow
futu e.
You g
wome
beate
by
policeme ,
ma y
i ju ed
o
thei
p ivate
pa ts.
Mi o s
with
b oke
bo es.
This
is
how
the
Modi
gove me t
a swe s
a
questio .”Rae
Ba eli
MP
the
tu ed
his
focus
to
Amit
Shah,
questio i g
his
abse ce
f om
Pa liame t
a d
accusi g
him
of
emai i g
sile t
ove
the
i cide t.

Rahul
said,
“A d
the
home
mi iste ?
Nea ly
20
days
a d
Amit
Shah
has
ot
come
to
Pa liame t
to
a swe
fo
it.
Eve y
Oppositio
motio
fo
a
discussio
has
bee
ejected.
His
sile ce
is
ot
a
ove sight
–
it
is
app oval
of
the
viole ce.
He
is
eithe
culpable
o
i compete t.”He
added,
“We
dema d
a
Sup eme
Cou t
mo ito ed
i qui y.
A d
we
will
ot
stop
fighti g
u til
he
is
held
accou table.”I
his
colum ,
Rahul
ecalled
meeti g
stude ts
who
we e
i ju ed
du i g
the
p otests
a d
questio ed
the
Ce t e’s
ha dli g
of
the
i cide t.
He
a gued
that
powe
i
the
gove me t
is
highly
“ce t alised”
a d
poi ted
out
that
the

Delhi
Police
a d
Rapid
Actio
Fo ce
(RAF),
deployed
at
Ja ta
Ma ta
o
July
20,
epo t
to
Amit
Shah-led
U io
home
mi ist y.He
p ese ted
two
possibilities:
eithe
Shah
“autho ised”
the
police
actio
o
he
had
” o
idea
that
it
was
taki g
place”.”The
Na e d a
Modi
gove me t
p ides
itself
o
its
ce t alised
co t ol.
Whethe
it
is
a
missio
to
Ma s
o
a
Olympic
medal,
it
epeatedly
t umpets
that
the
c edit
is
due
to
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a d
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah.
Nothi g
moves
without
thei
app oval.””The
viole ce
happe ed
i
the
hea t
of
Delhi,
ba ely
500
met es
f om
Pa liame t.
Both
the
secu ity
fo ces
deployed,
the
Delhi
Police
a d
the
Rapid
Actio
Fo ce
(RAF),
epo t
di ectly
to
the
home
mi iste ,”
he
added.LoP
i
Lok
Sabha
said
Shah’s
failu e
to
add ess
Pa liame t
ove
the
i cide t
aises
questio s
about
his
espo sibility
as
Home
Mi iste .He
said,
“The e
a e
o ly
two
possibilities.
Fi st,
he
autho ised
the
attack
o
the
stude ts
–
i
which
case
he
is
culpable.
Seco d,
he
had
o
idea
that
it
was
taki g
place
–
which
mea s
that
he
is
e ti ely
i compete t.
Eithe
way,
as
Home
Mi iste ,
what
happe ed
o
that
day
is
his
espo sibility,
a d
he
must
esig .””I stead,
his
i actio
p oves
that
he
app oves
of
the
attack
o
stude ts.
He
has
ot
o de ed
a y
i qui y
o
eve
issued
a
stateme t.
He
has
efused
to
come
to
Pa liame t,
a d
motio s
filed,”
the
colum
ead.

The
Co g ess
a d
the
INDIA
bloc
have
epeatedly
dema ded
a
stateme t
f om
Amit
Shah
i
Pa liame t
a d
have
staged
p otests
both
i side
a d
outside
the
House
ove
the
issue.O
Mo day,
a othe
Co g ess
leade
P iya ka
Ga dhi
also
dema ded
stateme t
f om
Amit
Shah
i
Pa liame t.U io
pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju,
howeve ,
has
mai tai ed
that
the
Oppositio
ca ot
dictate
which
mi iste
should
come
to
Pa liame t
a d
make
a
stateme t,
sayi g
the
decisio
ests
with
the
gove me t.

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