Opposition MPs Demand Debate on Police Crackdown, BJP Blocks Discussion
At a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs meeting on July 20, Congress members Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Ajay Maken demanded discussion of the police crackdown during youth protests. BJP chairman Radha Mohan Das Agrawal refused, citing a Supreme Court committee and the set agenda on child crime. Opposition MPs highlighted injuries to minors from lathi charges. A heated exchange followed before Agrawal intervened, stating the matter was sub judice in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had already formed a five-member panel to examine allegations of excessive force by police against protesters.
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Congress members Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Ajay Maken demanded discussion of the police crackdown on youth protests at a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting.
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