India, July 21 -- Congress president and Rajya Sabha's leader of the opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the government on Tuesday in the Upper House over the alleged assault of protesters with baton and tear gas at Jantar Mantar demanding resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon, then again till 2pm, after Kharge raised the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) paper leak case.

"Yesterday a very tragic incident occurred. In that unfortunate incident, our students-who were raising their voices regarding the paper leak and the NEET examination-were subjected to baton charges and tear gas, and were beaten," Kharge posted on his official X account.

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