‘Don’t Run Away, Listen’: Govt Offers Amit Shah Reply On Student Protest Crackdown

Published 10 August 2026 · india

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News india ‘Don’t Run Away, Listen’: Govt Offers Amit Shah Reply On Student Protest Crackdown ‘Don’t Run Away, Listen’: Govt Offers Amit Shah Reply On Student Protest Crackdown Written By, Last Updated: August 10, 2026, 14:28 IST Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government is willing to hold a 'full and detailed discussion' Rapid Read Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju The Centre on Monday offered a potential way out of the continuing Parliament deadlock over the student protests, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju saying Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to respond to the opposition’s concerns, including the police action against protesters on July 20. Rijiju said the government was prepared to discuss the students’ issue and that Shah was ready to give a reply in the House. But he also urged the Opposition to allow Parliament to function if it wanted the Home Minister to respond. “Don’t run away. You have to listen to it.

Let the House be in order," Rijiju told the Opposition amid continuing uproar in the House. The Opposition has been demanding a discussion over the treatment of students and protesters, including the police action during the protests which involved pellet guns. The issue has become one of the major flashpoints between the government and the Opposition, contributing to repeated disruptions of Parliament. Rijiju appealed to members to slow down the proceedings and participate in the debate rather than preventing the discussion from taking place. “I would request all to slow this discussion," he said, pointing out that members were not participating in the debate. ‘If You Want HM Reply, Allow House To Be In Order’ The government’s offer puts the ball back in the Opposition’s court. While the Opposition has been demanding that Shah address the issue, the Centre is now saying that the home minister is ready to respond, provided the House is allowed to function.

Rijiju’s intervention was aimed at breaking the impasse by assuring the Opposition that the government was not avoiding the issue. The Centre’s move also comes shortly after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi sharpened his attack on the home minister in a column titled ‘Either Culpable or Incompetent’. Gandhi questioned Shah’s silence over the police action against protesting students and alleged that the home minister had neither ordered an inquiry nor issued a statement on the crackdown. “His inaction proves that he approves of the attack on students," Gandhi wrote. Gandhi also alleged that Shah had refused to come to Parliament even as the Opposition repeatedly sought a discussion on the issue. The Congress leader, in his column, cited the case of 19-year-old Sahil Lochab, a student protester in Delhi whom he said he had met. Gandhi claimed Lochab had hundreds of pellets lodged in his upper body and that a pellet injury to his eye could potentially leave him blind.