Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi was arrested while on a sit-in protest outside PM’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg on Tuesday the 21st of July 2026.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav were also arrested along with Radhul Gandhi while demanding resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah over police action on the protesting students.
Several Congress leaders were detained from the spot.
All of them were later released late in the night.
The leaders also sought the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over NEET exam paper leaks.
In a social media post tweeted on ‘X’, Gandhi said Congress leaders had marched to the Prime Minister’s residence to seek answers over what he described as the “brutalities against young students.”
“We have marched to PM Modi’s house to demand answers from him for the brutalities against young students yesterday. The Government doesn’t want to take any accountability, or does it want to have a debate on it in Parliament.
PM and HM must resign for destroying the future of India’s youth.”
The protest by Congress comes a day after thousands of students took part in a march to Parliament organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) over alleged NEET irregularities.
Several confrontations broke out between protesters and police in central Delhi. The Delhi Police has faced criticism over its handling of the protest, which was stopped from proceeding to Parliament from Jantar Mantar.
This is the first instance an Opposition leader has staged a protest outside the Prime Minister’s high-security official residence where normally motorists are not allowed to even slow down their vehicles.
