NEW
DELHI:
Leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Mo day
co dem ed
the
alleged
use
of
fo ce
by
the
police
agai st
the
p otesti g
stude ts
i
Jha kha d,
sayi g
that
viole ce
agai st
a
peaceful
p otest
is
w o g.Du i g
a
p ess
co fe e ce,
Rahul
said,
“We
co dem
a y
viole ce
agai st
peacefully
p otesti g
stude ts.
It
does
ot
matte
whe e
it
is
happe i g.
We
co dem
it,
we
a e
agai st
it,
we
do
ot
ecomme d
it,
a d
we
do
ot
suppo t
it.”
“As
lo g
as
the
p otest
emai s
peaceful,
attacki g
that
p otest
with
viole ce
is
w o g,”
he
added.Ea lie ,
i
a
social
media
post
o
X,
the
Co g ess
leade
said
that
stude ts
have
a
ight
to
peaceful
p otest,
a d
o ly
dialogue
ca
yield
solutio s.“Stude ts
have
a
ight
to
peaceful
p otest,
a d
o ly
dialogue
ca
yield
solutio s.
The
Jha kha d
gove me t
must
co ti ue
to
hea
these
stude ts
out
a d
esolve
thei
issues
immediately,”
the
leade
of
oppositio
(Lok
Sabha)
posted
o
X.This
came
as
the
BJP
has
epeatedly
c iticised
Rahul
ove
his
“sile ce”
o
the
stude ts’
p otest
i
Jha kha d,
which
is
uled
by
the
Jha kha d
Mukti
Mo cha
(JMM),
a
ally
of
Co g ess
i
the
INDIA
bloc.
The
p otest
has
bee
led
by
aspi a ts
seeki g
g eate
t a spa e cy,
accou tability
a d
fai ess
i
the
ec uitme t
p ocess.The
stude ts
ma ched
towa ds
the
assembly
p emises
despite
heighte ed
secu ity
a a geme ts
i
the
a ea
as
thei
p otest
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
co ti ued.
Police
ca ied
out
a
lathi
cha ge,
fi ed
tea
gas
a d
deployed
wate
ca o s
afte
the
p oteste s
moved
close
to
the
Assembly.
Joi
co ve satio
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Comme ts
→
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you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
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Comme t
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espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
The
ma ch
escalated
afte
p oteste s
ma aged
to
b eak
th ough
seve al
ba icades
put
up
by
secu ity
pe so el
a d
co ti ued
towa ds
the
Vidha
Sabha.
Wate
ca o s
we e
used
afte
the
p otesti g
stude ts
b eached
multiple
ba icades.The
stude ts
have
mai tai ed
that
thei
agitatio
will
co ti ue
u til
thei
dema ds
ega di g
the
ec uitme t
exami atio s
a e
add essed
a d
co c ete
actio
is
take
agai st
those
espo sible
fo
i egula ities.Mea while,
i
a
majo
developme t
i
the
i vestigatio ,
the
state
police’s
C imi al
I vestigatio
Depa tme t
(CID)
o
Mo day
a ested
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio ‘s
(JPSC)
fo me
Chai ma
L
Khia gte.
