New Delhi, July 22 -- Congress MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday said that the BJP-led Central government initiated dialogue with the students after fearing that the "situation could escalate" and said that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, "speaks the truth" and "stands by his statements".

Responding to the press conference of Union Minister JP Nadda, Warring told ANI, "Rahul Gandhi presented the statistics on SIR. When he presented the data on vote theft, he said it was a matter for investigation, but no investigation was ever conducted. Today, he has again stated that these statistics require an investigation. How can Nadda Sahib simply say that this is true or false? Rahul Gandhi is a leader who s...