What Did Jitendra Singh Tell Rahul Gandhi Amid Congress Protest Outside PM Modi’s Residence? Inside Details

Published 21 July 2026 · politics

What Did Jitendra Singh Tell Rahul Gandhi Amid Congress Protest Outside PM Modi’s Residence? Inside Details Reported By, Edited By Last Updated: July 21, 2026

What Did Jitendra Singh Tell Rahul Gandhi Amid Congress Protest Outside PM Modi’s Residence? Inside Details Reported By, Edited By Last Updated: July 21, 2026, 17:56 IST According to sources, Singh told Gandhi and other Congress leaders that the government was ready to discuss the issue in Parliament Rapid Read Rahul Gandhi and Jitendra Singh at the protest site. (ANI/X) As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led his party’s protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on Tuesday, Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (PMO), visited the site. Singh was seen briefly conversing with Rahul Gandhi. What transpired between them? Sources give inside details. WHAT SINGH TOLD GANDHI According to sources, Singh told Gandhi and other Congress leaders that the government was ready to discuss the issue in Parliament. “There has to be order in Parliament. A law and order situation need not be created. As it is a sensitive area, any such prolonged protest could be a security concern," he is believed to have been told. Gandhi may stay at the site till night, said sources. 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 THE PROTEST Congress leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, Pawan Khera Pariniti Shinde and Manickam Tagore, held a protest at Lok Kalyan Marg, demanding the resignations of the Prime Minister and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan had also joined the protest. Earlier, they held a foot march from Rajaji Marg towards PM Modi’s residence, alleging “brutalities against students yesterday." Eighty-four-year-old Mallikarjurn Kharge, who marks his birthday today, was seen during the protest standing with his hands raised and tied with some sort of tags that Rahul Gandhi was distributing to the MPs and protestors. Kharge was later taken away in a car. छात्रों पर हमला हर भारतीय परिवार पर हमला है।प्रधानमंत्री मोदी को लगता है कि वो बिना जवाब दिए, बिना किसी नतीजे का सामना किए बच निकलेंगे – नहीं कर पाएंगे, इस बार तो बिल्कुल नहीं। मैं हर उस देशभक्त भारतीय से अपील करता हूं जो मानता है कि हमारे छात्रों को न्याय मिलना चाहिए -… Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 21, 2026 Earlier, Delhi Police detained some Congress leaders, including MP K Suresh, for protesting outside PM Modi’s residence. The protest was against police action during the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) march to Parliament a day earlier. Chairperson of Punjab Congress Campaign Committee, Charanjit Singh Channi, slammed the BJP. BJP, CONGRESS MEET PROTESTERS Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and KC Venugopal met student protesters who were injured in a police crackdown in the national capital, with Congress saying PM Modi should apologise for what it called “brutality" against the country’s youth.