The protesters wanted India to end all ties with Israel for retaliating against the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas, which left 1,300 dead and hundreds of others captive.
In an interview with PTI on Sunday, Jean Dreze, a development economist and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s close aide said that “under the wave of authoritarianism” and “suppression of Opposition voices” by the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party, the Lok Sabha elections commencing on the 19th of April are “as good as rigged”.