Congress Leaders Stage Sit-In Outside PM Modi Residence

Congress leaders staged a sit-in protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence in Delhi on Tuesday to demand his resignation [1, 2].

The demonstration signals an escalation in the political confrontation over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) controversy, focusing on the government's handling of student unrest. By targeting the Prime Minister's home at Lok Kalyan Marg, the opposition is attempting to personalize the accountability for administrative failures and police conduct [1, 2].

The protest was led by Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge [1, 2]. Other attending officials included MP K C Venugopal and several other members of parliament [1, 2].

The leaders are calling for the Prime Minister's resignation in response to alleged police brutality against students [1, 2]. These students were protesting the leak of NEET question papers, an issue that has sparked widespread anger among medical aspirants across the country [1, 2].

The sit-in took place directly outside the official residence of the Prime Minister, turning the high-security zone into a site of political contention [1, 2]. The Congress party has linked the alleged police action to a broader failure of governance regarding the integrity of national examinations [1, 2].

While the Prime Minister's office has not issued a formal response to the sit-in, the presence of the party's top leadership emphasizes the gravity the opposition assigns to the student protests [1, 2]. The demand for resignation reflects a strategy to frame the paper-leak scandal not merely as a bureaucratic error, but as a moral failure of the current administration [1, 2].