New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference with Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protestors in New Delhi on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Rahul Gandhi, flanked by several youth protestors, defended their demonstration and stated they were defending the idea of India and voicing their grievances against the broken education system and therefore, to harass them and force them into tendering an apology is nonsensical. The Congress leader further said that the students were not violent, not aggressive and not being nasty, yet they were beaten, assaulted, and threatened. The Congress leader further demanded that the government address the pressing issues and make "due corrections" in the education system. "No matter what anyone thinks, we will continue to raise our voice for our country and our rights," she asserted.