New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are silent on the two issues -- Ram Mandir donation row and police action on student protestors over the NEET paper leak in Delhi, adding that PM Modi must apologise on these matters.

At a press conference, renewing the Opposition's demands, Kharge laid out three clear asks from the government.

"Our first demand is that the Union Home Minister comes and tells why pellet guns, tear gas, lathi-charge were used (on students)," he said, referring to the police action against student protesters on July 20.

He then turned to the controversy over alleged donation theft at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya,...