Rahul Gandhi says Modi govt trying to silence India’s Gen Z through FIRs, social media curbs
New Delhi: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are trying to silence India’s Gen Z by filing FIRs against student protesters and blocking their social media accounts.
According to Kashmir Media Service, in a post on X, he said, “PM Modi and Amit Shah – you cannot threaten Gen Z into silence. First you broke their bones. Now you are filing FIRs and taking down their account. You are India’s past. Be careful about how you treat India’s future.”
His remarks came amid the continuing political fallout from the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” march at Jantar Mantar, where students protesting repeated examination paper leaks were subjected to forceful police crackdown. Police used batons,, tear gas and pellet guns to disperse the demonstrators, while several students were later booked and some had their social media accounts blocked.
Gandhi’s post followed his repeated questioning, over the past two days, of Amit Shah’s absence from the Parliament during the row. On Thursday, he asked on X, “Why is Amit Shah so scared of coming to Parliament and explaining the brutal violence against students?” He added that the silence “reeks of guilt.”
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also criticized the BJP-led government, saying it had used force on students ten days earlier and was now going after them out of “a sense of revenge.” In a post on X, he said the government had first used force against protesting youth and was now filing cases against them, blocking their social media accounts and harassing them. Kharge demanded Amit Shah’s resignation, saying the Home Minister should be held accountable for the police excesses against students.
