Ambala, July 23: Following a complaint lodged with the Ambala SP by BJP leaders—who were angered by the burning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effigy in protest against the recent lathi-charge on students—Vinod Dhiman, President of the Block Congress Committee (Ambala City), arrived at the Kotwali police station today with hundreds of supporters and Congress workers to present their case before SHO Sunita Dhaka.
SHO Sunita Dhaka served a notice to President Dhiman, directing him to submit a written response by 4:00 PM on Friday. The Congress leaders stated that they would submit a detailed response to the police within the stipulated timeframe through their lawyer, Raghuvir Raghu.
After receiving the notice, Block Congress President Vinod Dhiman accused the BJP, stating it was unfortunate that while the deaths of 22 students and the lathi-charge on peaceful protesters in Delhi—especially female students—did not hurt the sentiments of BJP leaders, the protest held in Ambala yesterday somehow offended them. He alleged that this entire action was motivated by political vendetta and was being orchestrated at the behest of former Minister of State Aseem Goel.
The Congress leaders asserted that the complaint filed against Vinod Dhiman was entirely driven by political malice. They claimed the BJP government is targeting the opposition to divert public attention from genuine issues, even as the nation's youth grapple with unemployment, paper leaks, and a crisis in the education system. They noted that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, MLA Varun Chaudhary, and senior Congress leader Nirmal Singh have been consistently raising the students' concerns both in Parliament and on the streets.
The Congress party vowed to continue fighting for students' rights until the very end, stating that their agitation would persist until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns from his post. The leaders emphasized that in a democracy, voices of dissent cannot be suppressed through notices and legal cases. If the government thinks it can silence the opposition with the help of the police and the administration, it would be a big mistake.