A controversy erupted after LoP Gandhi targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah over alleged police excesses against protesters in the national capital. Rahul Gandhi lied. On Rahul Gandhi raising questions over Home Minister Amit Shah's absence in the Parliament, Patra said: "The Home Minister doesn't secretly go to foreign trips like you. He (Amit Shah) was within the Parliament premises at that time but still Rahul Gandhi questioned his absence." He remarked that Rahul Gandhi spoke about the Home Minister just to "sensationalise the issue".