Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi to support protesting students

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (October 14, 2026) asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to come in the way of protesting students as they were the voice of the country.

Mr. Gandhi made the remarks after meeting some students, including those from Congress youth wing NSUI, who were injured during recent protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the SIR process, at 10 Janpath here.

He assured them that action would be taken against all, from the Prime Minister to the police constable, who acted against protesting students.

Some of the protesting students also gave an account of the "inhuman" treatment meted out to them at the hands of policemen during their detention.

Mr. Gandhi told the students not to worry as the Congress would stand behind them, describing them as their "shers" and "shernis" (lions and lioness).

Introducing a female student as "our sherni", Mr. Gandhi said "She was beaten up, but was not afraid. There was no hatred in her heart."

The Congress leader said Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are standing before the voice of people.

"As I said in my press conference, this is India. Amit Shah ji please see carefully, they are all together. No one is a Muslim, Hindu, no caste, no gender... they are all together. This is Hindustan," he said asking all the injured students to stand together shoulder to shoulder.

"This is one voice, that of India, and you are standing before this protest and voice. PM is standing before this voice. Amit Shah is standing before this voice. I suggest to the PM that he should not stand before this voice. No one can stand before them," the Leader of Opposition said.

"I also want to tell the police with love that I have asked every student to make videos and keep evidence with them and send it to us. When this entire episode ends, we will get justice and punish those who have beaten up our students, from top to bottom, from Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Gyanesh Kumar to all the constables who are raising their hands on our children," Mr. Gandhi asserted.

During the interaction, one of the injured students played Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hym, 'Vaishnava Jana To' on flute, and said, "nafrat ka jawab pyar se diya jaega.(Hatred will be answered with love).