Kolhapur, July 30 -- State Higher Education Minister Chandrakant Patil has said that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi should prove his allegations that union Home Minister Amit Shah had ordered the lathicharge on students in Delhi.

In a press conference here this afternoon, Patil, reacting to Rahul Gandhi's demand for the resignation of Amit Shah, said, "In a democracy, you can also make allegations. He is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Just because he makes allegations does not mean that everything is true.

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