The present petition specifically concerns police surveillance and had been filed even before the police action of July 20.

Rahul Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that there are three demands of students, including action against those who resorted to lathicharge against students during the ‘Sansad Chalo’ march on July 20.

In a post on X, Kharge accused the government of “denigrating” the universities, saying that this proves why students are on the streets. “Students are on ground zero, because Modi Govt is now using these much-respected universities as propaganda outlets to bully them,” he wrote.