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Indian police detain Lok Sabha opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during education-reform protests in New Delhi after he called for prime minister Narendra Modi's resignation. Parliame
Confirmed
Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party, said Modi must resign “for destroying the future of India’s youth”, before staging a sit-in outside the Prime Minister’s residence. “It’s a shameful day in the history of Indian democracy that people, honest students, who had come for a genuine issue were brutally beaten by the Delhi police,” CJP spokesman Ashutosh Ranka said.
“The Government doesn’t want to take any accountability, nor does it want to have a debate on it in Parliament,” Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lower House, said. Video showed Gandhi and other lawmakers being forcibly bundled into a bus by police and removed from the area.
Moorthy Braving rain, thousands of people regrouped at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest site at Jantar Mantar in the heart of Delhi by Tuesday (July 21, 2026) afternoon, after security forces almost cleared the area a day before.
He said Modi had called for a “foolproof system” to prevent irregularities in the future at a closed-door meeting with his allies. “What happened yesterday is our Constitution got trampled upon,” Sandeep Dixit, a senior leader of the Congress party, said.
Gandhi shared images of his forced removal by security forces and said the demonstration would not stop. Police said 60 civilians were injured and another 118 police personnel were hurt.
Published - July 21, 2026 11:32 pm IST Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences.
What's confirmed
- Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party, said Modi must resign “for destroying the future of India’s youth”, before staging a sit-in outside the Prime Minister’s residence.
- “The Government doesn’t want to take any accountability, nor does it want to have a debate on it in Parliament,” Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lower House, said.
- Moorthy Braving rain, thousands of people regrouped at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest site at Jantar Mantar in the heart of Delhi by Tuesday (July 21, 2026) afternoon, after security forces almost cleared the ar
- He said Modi had called for a “foolproof system” to prevent irregularities in the future at a closed-door meeting with his allies.
- Gandhi shared images of his forced removal by security forces and said the demonstration would not stop.
- Published - July 21, 2026 11:32 pm IST Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences.
What's still developing
- Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party, said Modi must resign “for destroying the future of India’s youth”, before staging a sit-in outside the Prime Minister’s residence.
- “The Government doesn’t want to take any accountability, nor does it want to have a debate on it in Parliament,” Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lower House, said.
- Video showed Gandhi and other lawmakers being forcibly bundled into a bus by police and removed from the area.
- Gandhi shared images of his forced removal by security forces and said the demonstration would not stop.
- Police said 60 civilians were injured and another 118 police personnel were hurt.
- “What happened yesterday is our Constitution got trampled upon,” Sandeep Dixit, a senior leader of the Congress party, said.
- “It’s a shameful day in the history of Indian democracy that people, honest students, who had come for a genuine issue were brutally beaten by the Delhi police,” CJP spokesman Ashutosh Ranka said.
- He said Modi had called for a “foolproof system” to prevent irregularities in the future at a closed-door meeting with his allies.