As Congress MPs and senior leaders led by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi protest outside the Prime Minister's residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, on Tuesday, Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh met him and urged him to end the protest.
Minister Singh was accompanied by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan at the protest site. Chief ministers of Karnataka D.K. Shivakumar and Kerala CM V.D. Satheesan were also present outside the PM's residence.
Rahul and senior party leaders, including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the police action against students protesting at Jantar Mantar on the NEET paper leak issue.
"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, nor does it want to have a debate on it in Parliament," Gandhi said in a post on X. "The Prime Minister and Home Minister must resign for destroying the future of India's youth."
The Monsoon Session of Parliament began on Monday when the student protesters led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) attempted to kick off their Chalo Sansad march. However, Delhi Police opted for lathi charge as the protesters refused to leave, leading to clashes and injuries.
Responding to holding dharna outside the PM's residence, Congress MP Rajeev Shukla said"We had no other option left. They are not conducting a debate in Parliament. So what else could we have done? We had to take to the streets."
