The protest that wouldn’t end: Inside Rahul Gandhi’s daylong siege of Akashvani Bhawan
It looked as though the protests were winding down around noon on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), as buses packed with protesting parliamentarians trundled away from Akashvani Bhawan in the national capital after nearly two hours of sloganeering.
Only Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had another idea.
“This can’t end here,” Mr. Gandhi told his colleagues.
The protest that wouldn’t end: Inside Rahul Gandhi’s daylong siege of Akashvani Bhawan
Rahul Gandhi leads a daylong sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan, turning AIR into a tense protest site amid police action and political drama.
