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On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, a significant confrontation unfolded in New Delhi involving student protesters, Congress leaders, and the Delhi Police. The events at Jantar Mantar, which had been the site of a month-long student agitation over the NEET-UG paper leak, escalated dramatically ¹.

The day began with student protests at Jantar Mantar, but the situation intensified as the protests moved towards the Prime Minister's residence ¹. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, along with other Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, joined the students in their demands ¹²⁸. They staged a sit-in protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence ⁷⁸, calling for an apology from the Prime Minister over the police action against the students and demanding resignations ⁶.

The Delhi Police responded by forcibly removing and detaining Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav from the protest site ⁴⁵. Several protesters were injured during the police lathicharge (baton charge) ²³. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi later visited RML Hospital to meet the injured protesters ². Following the clashes, the protest infrastructure at Jantar Mantar was dismantled, and prohibitory orders under Section 163 were enforced in parts of central Delhi, restricting gatherings ⁵. The Delhi High Court also allowed activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was involved in the protests, to be moved from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital ⁷.