After he was not allowed to speak in Lok Sabha, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister angrily asked Speaker Om Birla, “Has there been a deal?”
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, July 22, appeared to have lost his cool inside the Parliament after he was not given time to speak over the ongoing students protest demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
After he was not allowed to speak in Lok Sabha, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister angrily asked Speaker Om Birla, “Has there been a deal?”
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While pointing towards the Congress benches and the treasury side, he said, “The issue is about students, not Congress, BJP or SP. You allowed them to speak… Have they reached an understanding?”
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“यह मुद्दा समाजवादी पार्टी, कांग्रेस और बीजेपी का नहीं है, यह मुद्दा युवाओं, छात्र और नौजवानों का है। क्या बेटियों के कपड़े फाड़ेंगे आप?” pic.twitter.com/BlSMJiOO5X
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) July 22, 2026
Although, some interpreted the Samajwadi Party leader’s outburst as a rift with Congress, Akhilesh Yadav later highlighted that the INDIA bloc stayed united over its key demands.
“I wanted to put Samajwadi Party’s viewpoint on the students’ issue, so I intervened,” Yadav said, while denying any confrontation with KC Venugopal in the Lok Sabha, according to NDTV.
Talking to mediapersons, Akhilesh Yadav also stated that his party was not informed about the Congress’ plan to protest near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on Tuesday.
“It’s true that we were not informed, but when the Congress called, we left all our work, and all the MPs who could attend went…We will improve coordination. It should be better…Imagine how weak the government is if it cannot even secure the resignation of its own ministers and colleagues…At the very least, the government should admit that, yes, a mistake was made,” he said.
#WATCH | Delhi | On Congress protest outside LKM, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav says, “It’s true that we were not informed, but when the Congress called, we left all our work, and all the MPs who could attend went…We will improve coordination. It should be better…Imagine… pic.twitter.com/7Wu7PhNXQJ
— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2026
Further talking about their demands, he noted, “Our demand, along with that of the opposition, the students, and the youth, is almost the same: first, resignation (of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan), followed by a discussion. Their demands should be met. The students and youth have been demanding for days that the paper leak is not limited to a single examination. There have been more than 150 paper leaks across the country, including more than 20 in Uttar Pradesh. Imagine how many students and their families are distressed, suffering, and disappointed because of this…Why not resign inside the House first and then hold a debate?”
He further alleged that when Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and other MPs were protesting near PM Modi’s residence, “our clothes were also pulled and torn.”
“Since when has the police started behaving like this, especially with elected representatives?… The government itself acknowledged that there were irregularities in the NEET-UG examination and conducted a re-examination in some cases. Yet it continues to avoid taking responsibility. We should be allowed to raise our concerns in the House,” he said.
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