Gandhi said at a press conference that either Shah ordered the violence or that he did not know it was happening. Earlier, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi had alleged that Shah had “authorised the shooting of our students” during the nationwide youth protests. “He put the pellets into the blood of our students,” the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. The bill will now go to the Rajya Sabha and, if passed, be sent for presidential assent before becoming a law. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma increased the ex gratia payment for families of those killed to Rs 9 lakh from Rs 4 lakh.