‘Conspiracy to silence dissent’: Rahul Gandhi on Delhi police treatment of protesters

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the Delhi Police of using force against protesters, including students and women, to suppress dissent and discourage people from questioning those in power.

In a Hindi post on X, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha condemned the police action, saying it had crossed all limits of shame.

"Sexual harassment, dragging clothes and assaults on private parts -- the brutality of the Delhi Police against students and women raising their voices for democracy has crossed shameful limits.

"This is all part of that conspiracy to silence voices, where you scare them so much, humiliate them so deeply that no one dares to raise questions again," he said.

"Modi-Shah know that the day power slips from their hands, the story of their whims ends. It is this very fear that reaches police and unleashes as violence on the country's youngsters and women," he said, hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.

The Congress leader also posted a 10-minute video with his post about his conversation with some young women protesters who were allegedly treated brutally by police during their recent protests.

The women narrated their experiences on how police personnel targeted their private parts and officers asked their subordinates to harass them sexually by touching their private parts.

They demanded action against the police personnel, with Rahul Gandhi asking them to provide more evidence in the form of photos and videos so that cases can be filed against the cops.