New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Opposition MPs took out a protest march in Parliament House complex on Wednesday, demanding Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on alleged police excesses against students, discussion on "misappropriation" of Ram temple donations and statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.
Carrying placards and raising slogans against the government, the Opposition MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, marched from the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Prerna Sthal to Makar Dwar.
Kharge demanded accountability from the government.
Taking a swipe at Shah, Kharge asked why hasn't he been coming to the House.
"They are disrespecting Parliament. It has been so many days but they don't want to step inside the House. What is the issue in coming to the House and giving a statement?" Kharge told reporters.
Later, in a post on X, Kharge said, "INDIA demands answers - Why is the Home Minister shying away from making a statement in the Parliament on the atrocities perpetrated against our youth? Isn't the PM responsible for 'chanda-chadhawa chori' in Shree Ram Mandir."
Gandhi also slammed Shah and sought answers over the alleged police brutality against students during the July 20 protest over the paper leak issue.
"Amit Shah ji, do not hide; answer the nation's question in Parliament - who ordered the attack on the students?" Gandhi said in his Facebook post.
The MPs carried placards slamming the government and demanded a statement by Shah in both Houses of Parliament on the alleged "atrocities" committed by police and other forces on students during protests over the paper leak issue last month.
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