India, July 31 -- Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday sharpened his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing the government of trying to "silence" India's Gen Z by filing FIRs against student protesters and taking down their social media accounts.

The Congress leader made the charge in a post on X, deepening a standoff between the Congress and the BJP that has dominated the ongoing Parliament session over alleged police action against students protesting the NEET-UG paper leak.

"PM Modi and Amit Shah, you cannot threaten Gen Z into silence," Gandhi wrote. "First you broke their bones. Now you are filing FIRs and taking down their accounts. You are India's past. Be careful about how y...