Rahul Gandhi, Oppn. MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker; seek discussion on 'brutality' on students during CJP protest march

Published 21 July 2026 · politics

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi along with some Opposition MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (July 21, 2026) and urged him to

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi along with some Opposition MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (July 21, 2026) and urged him to allow a discussion in the House on the "brutality unleashed" on students and the government's "complete lack of accountability" for the examination crisis. Besides Mr. Gandhi, Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT's) Arvind Savant, RSP's N.K. Premchandran, among others, met the Speaker in his office before the House proceedings began. Parliament Monsoon Session Day 2 LIVE updates - July 21, 2026 In a post on X, Mr. Gandhi said, "Met the Hon'ble Lok Sabha Speaker today along with MPs of the Opposition. Our demand is simple: Parliament must have a detailed discussion on the brutality unleashed on students yesterday and on the government's complete lack of accountability for the examination crisis." Students were beaten for asking legitimate questions about their own future, he said.

If Parliament cannot discuss the future of India's youth, what is it for, he asked. "The Opposition will not let this be buried. We will ensure that the students' voice will be heard on the streets, and in Parliament," Mr. Gandhi said. Met the Hon'ble Lok Sabha Speaker today along with MPs of the Opposition. Our demand is simple: Parliament must have a detailed discussion on the brutality unleashed on students yesterday and on the government's complete lack of accountability for the examination crisis.… pic.twitter.com/qc2ptKQUt7 — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 21, 2026 Congress whip in the Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore said Gandhi along with some other opposition MPs met Birla and sought a discussion on the "attack on students" on Monday during the protest against the paper leak issue.

"We are demanding that Home Minister Amit Shah comes to the House and replies on this," he said. Earlier, INDIA bloc floor leaders met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge before the start of the second day of Parliament's Monsoon Session and deliberated on the opposition's strategy. Besides Mr. Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Congress general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K.C Venugopal, Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav, NCP (SP)'s Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Sanjay Raut, JMM's Mahua Maji, CPI(M)'s John Brittas and P Santhosh Kumar, among others, attended the meeting. Opposition protests over the NEET paper 'leak' issue stalled proceedings in both Houses on the opening day of the Monsoon Session on Monday (July 20, 2026), as chaos reigned outside with protesters led by CJP breaking barricades to reach near the Parliament complex to press for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.