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Opposition protests over Ram temple donation theft issue, police action against students
Aug-04-2026

Opposition MPs staged protests in the Parliament House complex against the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and ‘police excesses’ against student protesters.

The MPs protested in front of Makar Dwar of Parliament with slogans such as ‘chhanda chor, gaddi chor’ and ‘Amit Shah sadan mein aao’ raised. The also kept donation boxes at the spot to symbolise the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple and lined up around them to raise slogans against the government. Some MPs also put cash in the box to symbolise the donations made and ‘theft’ that took place later.

The Opposition demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah should make a statement in Parliament on the alleged police action during the July 20 protest in New Delhi. Opposition MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi, SP’s Dimple Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav, TMC’s Mahua Moitra, JMM’s Mahua Maji, RSP’s NK Premchandran and several others participated in the protest.

Earlier in the day, INDIA bloc parties' floor leaders met in Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge's chamber in the Parliament complex, and vowed to corner the government on the two issues of ‘chhanda chori’ and ‘police excesses’ against students.

Separately, DMK MPs staged a protest at Parliament's Makar Dwar over the Cauvery water issue, demanding steps to safeguard Tamil Nadu's share of river water.



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