India, July 28 -- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday questioned the use of pellet guns and other crowd-control measures against students protesting alleged irregularities in public examinations, asking whether the demonstrators were being treated as "terrorists".

Participating in the Lok Sabha debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Gandhi demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah clarify who authorised the police action against student protesters.

"What was the need to fire tear gas at those students, rain lathi blows upon them or use water cannons against them? What was the need to humiliate young women, tear their clothes and brutally beat them?...