It was protest versus protest in the Parliament complex on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) as MPs of both the ruling NDA and the Opposition came face to face shouting slogans at each other at the main entry gate, Makar Dwar. With security personnel forming a cordon between them, NDA MPs alleged that the Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, was “running away” from a debate on student protests across the country, while INDIA bloc MPs demanded a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the alleged police excesses during the July 20 student protests in Delhi. The NDA MPs marched from the Parliament Library towards the Makar Dwar on Tuesday, after attending their weekly parliamentary party meeting known as ‘Mangal Milan’, and began raising slogans such as ‘Rahul Gandhi Jawab Do [Rahul Gandhi, answer us]’ and ‘Rahul Gandhi Bhago Maat [don’t run away]’, among others. BJP MPs’ queryMs. Gandhi Vadra was seen exchanging some words with protesting MPs from the NDA. The way lathis was used on children, the way students and girl students were mistreated and the way the police showed brutality against them, who is accountable for this?”