Amit Shah held two key meetings in Parliament amid opposition pressure on the student protest crackdown. Among those who met Home Minister Amit Shah, including IB chief Mahesh Dixit and Home Secretary Govind Mohan.
New Delhi: Facing increasing pressure from the Opposition in Parliament over allegations of police brutality and the reported use of pellet guns against student protesters, Union Home Minister Amit Shah conducted two rounds of high-level meetings with senior government officials and union ministers in the past 24 hours to assess the evolving situation.
The meetings held at Parliament House came amid renewed political tensions after the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) threatened to resume its nationwide agitation, alleging the government had failed to honor assurances made following recent protests.
According to sources, Amit Shah first met Intelligence Bureau(IB) Director Mahesh Dixit and Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan to assess the overall security situation arising out of the student protests. The discussions are understood to have focused on intelligence inputs, the law and order situation in different states and the political fallout of the demonstrations.
The opposition has been demanding that Shah make a statement in Parliament on the allegations of excessive use of force by security personnel.
In a separate meeting, Shah met Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Minister in PMO, Jitender Singh, to review reports of student unrest in various states and discuss the government's response.
