Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Rahul Gandhi Takes Snack Break During Parliament Protest
Rahul Gandhi joined a protest in Delhi on Friday.
The protest took place at a police station near Parliament.
Protesters wanted the police to register an FIR.
They were concerned about a young person who was hurt by pellet gun firing.
The young person was identified as Rajiv Lochav.
Gandhi sat with Lochav and his mother during the protest.
He briefly ate a roll and drank Diet Coke.
He also made sure other protesters received the same snack.
Rahul Gandhi took a snack break during a sit-in protest on Friday.
The protest was held at the Parliament Street police station in Delhi.
Gandhi and protesters demanded an FIR over a youth’s pellet injuries.
He sat with alleged victim Rajiv Lochav and Lochav’s mother.
Gandhi shared rolls and Diet Coke with fellow protesters before eating.
- Who
- Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi led the protest, alongside alleged pellet-injury victim Rajiv Lochav and Lochav’s mother.
- What
- A sit-in protest demanding registration of an FIR over pellet injuries suffered by a youth included a brief snack break by Gandhi.
- When
- Friday; the referenced Jantar Mantar protests took place last month.
- Where
- The sit-in was held at the Parliament Street police station in Lutyens’ Delhi.
- Why
- Protesters demanded an FIR concerning the youth’s pellet injuries during CJP-led protests at Jantar Mantar.
- Protest leader
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader
- Location
- Parliament Street police station, Lutyens’ Delhi
- Demand
- Registration of an FIR
- Injury at issue
- Pellet injuries suffered by a youth
- Alleged victim
- Rajiv Lochav
- Snack
- A roll and Diet Coke
- Related protest
- CJP-led protests at Jantar Mantar last month