Archive · 21 Aug 2026
BJP Condemns Rahul Gandhi’s Police Station Sit-In as Anarchy
Rahul Gandhi held a protest at a police station in Delhi.
He said police had not properly registered a complaint about a student’s injuries.
The student was reportedly hurt during protests about education reforms.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined him.
The BJP criticized the protest and called it disorderly.
Ravi Shankar Prasad said police had already registered a complaint.
He also said the Supreme Court had created a committee to investigate what happened.
The BJP suggested the protest might distract people from another Congress controversy.
Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in outside the DCP office at Delhi’s Parliament Street Police Station.
He protested the alleged refusal to register an FIR over a student’s reported pellet-gun injuries.
Congress said the injuries occurred during last month’s education-reform protests at Jantar Mantar.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra later joined Gandhi at the protest.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Gandhi of promoting “politics of anarchy” and said a complaint was already registered.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi led the sit-in, later joined by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra; BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticized it.
- What
- A protest was held over the alleged refusal to register an FIR concerning a student’s reported pellet-gun injuries.
- When
- The sit-in took place on Friday; the student protests occurred the previous month.
- Where
- Outside the Deputy Commissioner of Police’s office at Parliament Street Police Station in Delhi.
- Why
- Gandhi protested what Congress described as the police’s refusal to register an FIR over the student’s injuries.
Congress and Rahul Gandhi’s Position
BJP’s Position
Reason for the sit-in
Congress and Rahul Gandhi’s Position
Rahul Gandhi protested the alleged refusal to register an FIR concerning a student who Congress said suffered pellet-gun injuries during the education-reform protests.
BJP’s Position
The BJP said the complaint had already been registered and that the matter was under investigation.
Legitimacy of the protest
Congress and Rahul Gandhi’s Position
Gandhi’s sit-in presented the issue as requiring public and police attention, with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joining him.
BJP’s Position
Ravi Shankar Prasad said the protest was held without permission or prior notice and disrespected law and order.
Political motivation
Congress and Rahul Gandhi’s Position
The protest focused on alleged police inaction in the student-injury case.
BJP’s Position
The BJP claimed the action might distract public attention from controversy surrounding the Congress Working Committee’s resolution on singing Vande Mataram.
- Protester
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
- Location
- Parliament Street Police Station, Delhi
- Additional participant
- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
- Reported incident
- A student allegedly suffered pellet-gun injuries during education-reform protests
- Protest location
- Jantar Mantar
- BJP response
- Ravi Shankar Prasad called the action “politics of anarchy”
- Investigation
- The BJP said a complaint was already registered and a Supreme Court-appointed committee was investigating