Rahul Gandhi demands Amit Shah’s resignation over July 20 police action against NEET protesters

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack against the Centre over Union Home Minister Amit Shahs silence over the police action against protesters on July 20 against the NEETUG paper leak calling for his resignationIn an X post Rahul Gandhi wrote Pellet guns Nailstudded lathis water cannons tear gas fired at students who were peacefully asking questions about their own future Young women beaten by policemen many injured on their private parts Minors with broken bones This is how the Modi government answers a question And the Home MinisterRahul Gandhi asserted Amit Shahs silence is his approval of the violenceNearly 20 days and Amit Shah has not come to Parliament to answer for it Every Opposition motion for a discussion has been rejected His silence is not an oversight it is seen as an approval of the violence He is either culpable or incompetent We demand a Supreme Courtmonitored inquiry And we will not stop fighting until he is held accountable he addedIn the column the Congress leader recalled meeting the injured protesters and how he asked Amit Shah to take strict action against the police personnels who have beaten the students so ruthlesslyLeader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah was either culpable or incompetent over the alleged police action during the July 20 student protests asserting that the Home Minister must explain his role in ParliamentSpeaking to reporters after the Lok Sabha was adjourned Gandhi said there were only two possible explanations for the alleged action on student protesters at Jantar Mantar on July 20There can be two possible scenarios One is that the Home Minister issued the order The second is that the Home Minister was unaware that firing would take place In the first case he is culpable in the second he is incompetentit has to be one of the two there is no third possibility Gandhi saidIf the Home Minister didnt even know that shots were being fired it means he is incompetent otherwise if he ordered it he is culpable he addedQuestioning Amit Shahs absence from the House during the debate Gandhi said He didnt even come to the Parliament Why is he not coming supposedly brave Home Minister of India Why is he not in the House If he has not done anything did not give any order then give an explanation that he didnt do itTaking on the Centre he argued that the power in the government is centralised and the security forces deployed at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi on July 20 reported to the Home MinisterHe noted two possibilities one in which Amit Shah ordered the police action and the other where he had no idea that it was taking placeRahul Gandhi wrote The Narendra Modi government prides itself on its centralised control Whether it is a mission to Mars or an Olympic medal it repeatedly trumpets that the credit is due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah Nothing moves without their approvalThe violence happened in the heart of Delhi barely 500 metres from Parliament Both the security forces deployed the Delhi Police and the Rapid Action Force RAF report directly to the Home Minister he addedRahul Gandhi slammed the Home Minister for not delivering a statement in ParliamentHe said There are only two possibilities First he authorised the attack on the students in which case he is culpable Second he had no idea that it was taking place which means that he is entirely incompetent Either way as Home Minister what happened on that day is his responsibility and he must resignInstead his inaction proves that he approves of the attack on students He has not ordered any inquiry or even issued a statement He has refused to come to Parliament and motions have been filed the column readThe Congress and the INDIA bloc have been demanding Amit Shahs statement in Parliament and have protested both inside and outside the HouseMeanwhile Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has maintained that the opposition cannot decide which minister will come to the House and deliver a statement it is for the government to decideWith inputs from PTI