NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju after he defended the dealing with of current scholar protests by Delhi police. Rijiju had praised the Delhi Police for managing giant scholar demonstrations with none deaths or critical accidents.“Not a single particular person was harmed; not a single particular person suffered a damaged bone. Not even one protester is within the hospital with a critical harm. Think about the dimensions of this motion: 1000’s turned up, and so many criminals infiltrated beneath the guise of scholars,” Rijiju stated.Responding on X, Rahul accused the federal government of ignoring accidents suffered throughout the protests and questioned Rijiju’s name to reward the police.“Ministers of the Modi authorities are saying that “the Delhi Police needs to be praised.” Half a kilometer from Parliament, pellet weapons had been fired at peaceable college students, lathis studded with nails had been used, one kid’s eye was misplaced, one lady’s ear was severed. Ought to we reward this brutality?” the chief of opposition in Lok Sabha wrote.Rahul stated he had personally met a few of the injured protesters and alleged that movies of the police motion had been extensively circulated.“The basic mantra of this authorities is untruth and violence. First, beat the kids with lathis, then declare that nothing occurred in any respect,” he stated.He additionally criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Residence Minister Amit Shah over their response to the protests.
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“All through your complete session, the “lacking” Amit Shah stored operating from the opposition. And the Prime Minister has not apologized to the scholars to this present day,” Rahul wrote.Rijiju, in the meantime, stated the federal government remained dedicated to defending college students’ pursuits and promised strict motion towards these answerable for examination leaks.He additionally claimed that political teams, together with the Aam Aadmi Get together, Bhim Military and Samajwadi Get together, had joined the demonstrations and incited violence.“Moreover, greater than half the folks, whether or not from the Aam Aadmi Get together, the dafli-playing agitators, the Bhim Military, or the Samajwadi Get together, got here and incited others to violence; but, not a single casualty occurred,” he stated.“We respect the scholars’ sentiments. The Prime Minister launched such legislation and took step after step, promising to work for his or her future,” he stated.
