Amit Shah must be sacked for ordering ‘brutality against students’ during protest: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah must be removed from his post, alleging that he was responsible for “the brutality carried out against students” during their protest in Delhi on July 20.

Gandhi also demanded an investigation by a Supreme Court-monitored high-powered committee into violence against those protesting against the alleged mismanagement of competitive examinations.

The Congress leader noted that the Delhi Police and the central armed police forces report to the home minister.

“There are only two possibilities: either he [Shah] gave the order to shoot people with pellet guns, to beat people with lathis with nails and to use electric batons; or he didn’t know it was happening,” Gandhi said at a press conference. “If he didn’t know it was happening, he is incompetent. If he knew, then he is culpable. In either case, he has to go.”

There are only two possibilities.

? Home Minister Amit Shah gave the order to use pellet guns, beat people with lathis, and use electric batons.

? Amit Shah did not know what was happening. If that is the case, it is incompetence.

? In either case, he needs to go.

: LoP… pic.twitter.com/ZnS6Oip8Er— Congress (@INCIndia) July 29, 2026

Earlier in the day, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi had alleged that Shah had “authorised the...

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