Rush Hour: Rahul Gandhi calls for Amit Shah to be sacked, LS clears anti-paper leak bill & more
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi demanded that Amit Shah be removed as the Union home minister, alleging that he was responsible for “the brutality carried out against students” during their protest in Delhi on July 20. He also demanded an investigation by a Supreme Court-monitored high-powered committee into violence against protesters.
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Gandhi said at a press conference that either Shah ordered the violence or that he did not know it was happening. “If he didn’t know it was happening, he is incompetent,” the Congress MP said. “If he knew, then he is culpable. In either case, he has to go.”
Earlier, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi had alleged that Shah had “authorised the shooting of our students” during the nationwide youth protests.
“He put the pellets into the blood of our students,” the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. “He ordered the students of India to be shot.”
His remarks triggered protests in the House, leading to an adjournment. Read on.
The Lok Sabha passed a bill to amend the anti-paper leak law through a voice vote amid protests by Opposition MPs demanding “justice” for students who took part in the July 20 march to Parliament. Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi said the legislation would usher “in a tougher...