Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on union home minister Amit Shah, accusing him of ordering the use of pellet guns against students protesting at Jantar Mantar. He said Shah should be sacked over what he described as his incompetence.
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Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said he was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha because he had questioned Shah. He also claimed that he was asked to apologise, but said he would never do so.
“The leader of the Opposition is not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha. Multiple times I asked the speaker to bring order to the house so I could speak. Multiple times Rajnath Singh, Rijiju were allowed to speak, but I was not.. And the excuse was that I said something about Amit Shah, that he was responsible for the brutality that was carried out.”
“I was asked to apologise, but I will never ever apologise to the BJP, the RSS, or anyone else,” Gandhi said, referring to his speech in the Lok Sabha.
Gandhi said that, as the Leader of the Opposition, it is his right to raise issues that are important to the country. “To me, the most important issue today, by far, is the following: this issue, where our students asked questions and were brutalised on the streets of Delhi.”
Referring to the alleged police brutality during demonstrations at Jantar Mantar on July 20, Gandhi said the students, who were peacefully asking questions to the government were brutalised, shot with pellet guns.
He also claimed that one of the students who was hit is “most likely to lose his eye.” Gandhi said that he has seen medical reports that show that the protestors were hit by pellet guns, shocked with batons and with lathis embedded with nails.
Showing a collage of five pictures of alleged brutality, Gandhi said minors and women protestors were hit and slapped. He added that plain clothes officers were also present at the protest site.
