Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Dilip Ghosh Criticizes Rahul Gandhi’s Delhi Police Protest
Rahul Gandhi protested at a police station in New Delhi.
He wanted police to file a formal case about a 19-year-old who said pellets injured him during a protest.
Police eventually registered the case.
Dilip Ghosh, a BJP leader, said Gandhi was doing the protest mainly for publicity.
Ghosh said Gandhi should instead visit Jharkhand, where students are protesting about recruitment exams.
The Jharkhand government cancelled 22 exams and ordered investigations into 23 others.
Some successful candidates are now worried that their jobs could be affected.
A court paused several of the cancellation decisions.
The BJP and the JMM disagree about whether the student protests are being used for political purposes.
Rahul Gandhi held a six-hour dharna at a New Delhi police station demanding an FIR over a youth’s pellet injuries.
Police registered an FIR under Sections 118 and 25 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Dilip Ghosh called Gandhi’s protest a photo-op and asked why he was not in Jharkhand.
Jharkhand students have protested alleged irregularities and disputes over cancelled recruitment examinations.
The BJP criticized Gandhi, while the JMM accused the BJP of using students for political interests.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Dilip Ghosh, Jharkhand students, the BJP, and the JMM are central to the dispute.
- What
- Gandhi held a police-station dharna seeking an FIR over pellet injuries, while Ghosh criticized his actions and his absence from Jharkhand.
- When
- Gandhi held the dharna on Friday; Ghosh made his remarks on Saturday. The injuries occurred during a July 20 protest.
- Where
- The dharna took place at the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi; the examination-related protests are in Jharkhand.
- Why
- Gandhi sought action over alleged police refusal to register a complaint, while Ghosh said he should focus on Jharkhand’s student agitation.
Gandhi and JMM’s Position
Ghosh and BJP’s Position
Purpose of the Delhi protest
Gandhi and JMM’s Position
Rahul Gandhi sought an FIR after Sahil Lochab alleged that police had refused to register his complaint about pellet injuries.
Ghosh and BJP’s Position
Dilip Ghosh described the six-hour dharna as a photo-op and said Gandhi was focusing on the wrong issue.
Where Gandhi should focus
Gandhi and JMM’s Position
Gandhi highlighted the alleged police mistreatment of a youth injured during the July 20 protest.
Ghosh and BJP’s Position
Ghosh said Gandhi should go to Jharkhand, where students are protesting recruitment-exam decisions under a Congress-backed government.
Student protests and political motives
Gandhi and JMM’s Position
The JMM said the BJP was using students to advance its political interests.
Ghosh and BJP’s Position
The BJP accused Gandhi and Congress of having a duplicitous attitude toward students’ welfare.
- Dharna duration
- Approximately six hours
- Police action
- An FIR was registered under Sections 118 and 25 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Injured youth
- Nineteen-year-old Sahil Lochab alleged that pellet wounds damaged his eye.
- Jharkhand exam decision
- The government cancelled 22 job examinations and ordered probes into 23 others.
- Court intervention
- The Jharkhand High Court stayed several notifications cancelling recruitment examinations.
- Exams mentioned
- The stayed decisions included the 11th to 13th JPSC Combined Civil Services, JSSC-CGL, CDPO, and Food Safety Officer examinations.