Three hours later, opposition leaders were forcibly removed and detained Gandhi and other leaders in the evening. They were released after a few hours. Some other MPs and leaders were taken to the Kingsway Camp police station and released later.

Government signals its ready for debate

Senior government functionaries signalled that the demand for the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation is “political” and there’s no “succumbing” to it. They said that the lapses behind the NEET leak have been fixed, admissions under NEET, CUET and JEE Main, are largely on track, and the government is open to a debate on the issue in Parliament. While speaking to The Indian Express, senior government functionaries said the Centre has no intention of yielding to demands for Pradhan’s resignation, arguing that it has neither denied the lapses nor attempted to evade responsibility.

SP workers protest detention of Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party workers on Tuesday evening staged a protest against the Central government to condemn the alleged police lathi-charge on students in New Delhi and the subsequent detention of party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Samajwadi Party MLA Mata Prasad Pandey alleged that the BJP government does not believe in democracy. “This is a democratic process, in which we have the right to sit on a dharna, to hold protests. There is no need for excessive interference by the government in this. We take to the streets to make our point… This is a part of the democratic process. Unfortunately, this government does not believe in democracy and wants to eliminate democratic processes,” he told ANI.