India, July 30 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday demanded Union home minister Amit Shah's resignation, alleging that the July 20 police excesses during the Parliament march against examination irregularities were carried out on his instructions.

"The way students were attacked, and their blood was shed while they were protesting, could not have happened without Shah's orders," Dipke told journalists in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

Dipke's demand came a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Shah of ordering the crackdown on the protesters and demanded his resignation. He said he seconded Gandhi. "I also believe that he [Shah] should resign."

He dismissed the allegations that CJP recei...