Leade s
we e
see
aisi g
sloga s
a d
holdi g
placa ds
NEW
DELHI:
NDA
a d
Co g ess-led
oppositio
MPs
staged
ival
p otests
i
the
Pa liame t
complex
o
Tuesday
a d
we e
see
face-to-face,
holdi g
placa ds
a d
aisi g
sloga s
agai st
each
othe
as
secu ity
pe so el
fo med
a
co do
betwee
the
two
g oups.The
uli g
allia ce
accused
the
oppositio
of
avoidi g
discussio s
i side
the
House
while
aisi g
issues
outside
it,
while
the
oppositio
dema ded
accou tability
f om
U io
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah
ove
alleged
police
actio
agai st
stude ts
du i g
NEET
p otests.
NDA
MPs
ma ched
f om
the
Pa liame t
Lib a y
towa ds
Maka
Dwa ,
aisi g
sloga s
i cludi g
“Rahul
Ga dhi
Jawab
Do”
a d
“Rahul
Ga dhi
Bhago
Maat”
(Rahul
Ga dhi,
a swe
us,
do ’t
u
away).
They
accused
Ga dhi
a d
the
oppositio
of
avoidi g
a
discussio
i
Pa liame t
o
Jha kha d
stude t
p otests
despite
the
gove me t’s
decisio
to
take
up
the
issue.The
gove me t
had
o
Mo day
a ou ced
a
discussio
o
stude t
p otests
i
diffe e t
pa ts
of
the
cou t y,
with
U io
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah
expected
to
lead
the
debate.Ga dhi,
howeve ,
questio ed
the
gove me t’s
app oach,
sayi g
the
cou t y
was
ot
i te ested
i
Shah’s
opi io
o
“ge e al
topics”
a d
wa ted
to
k ow
whethe
he
had
o de ed
the
use
of
pellet
gu s
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts.
The
gove me t
a d
the
oppositio
have
also
bee
at
odds
ove
the
fu ctio i g
of
Pa liame t.BJP
leade s
also
questio ed
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
espo se
to
the
alleged
use
of
lathis
a d
wate
ca o s
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts
i
Jha kha d.
BJP
MP
A u ag
Thaku
said,
“Justice
must
be
do e
fo
the
youth
of
Jha kha d.
The
way
they
we e
subjected
to
lathi-cha ges
a d
at ocities
eveals
the
mi dset
of
Rahul
Ga dhi.”O
the
othe
side,
oppositio
MPs,
i cludi g
Co g ess
leade
P iya ka
Ga dhi
Vad a
a d
Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav,
MP
Dimple
Yadav
amo g
othe s
staged
a
sepa ate
p otest
i
the
Pa liame t
complex.
They
dema ded
accou tability
f om
HM
Shah
ove
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
stude ts
du i g
the
July
20
p otest
i
Delhi.
The
oppositio
MPs
also
aised
the
issue
of
alleged
theft
of
do atio s
at
the
Ram
temple
i
Ayodhya
a d
p otested
agai st
what
they
desc ibed
as
“police
excesses”
agai st
stude t
p oteste s.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
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Readi g
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Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
P iya ka
Ga dhi
Vad a
defe ded
Rahul
Ga dhi,
sayi g
he
had
al eady
met
p otesti g
stude ts
i
Jha kha d.“Rahul
Ga dhi
has
met
the
stude ts
f om
Jha kha d,”
she
told
ANI.The
ival
p otests
came
amid
g owi g
political
focus
o
stude t
agitatio s
ac oss
the
cou t y.
I
Jha kha d,
thousa ds
of
job
aspi a ts
ma ched
towa ds
the
state
Assembly
i
Ra chi
o
Mo day
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
ec uitme t
exami atio s.
Police
used
lathis
a d
wate
ca o s
to
dispe se
p oteste s
afte
clashes
b oke
out.
