देखिए कैसे दिल्ली पुलिस पढ़ने वाले छात्रों को अंधाधुंध पीट रही है। एक लड़का किताब दिखा रहा है लेकिन पुलिस वाला लाठि… https://t.co/44Kl9R7hum — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) 1581827599000

This is unconscionable & unacceptable. Every defence of police action on students in universities, offered by Amit… https://t.co/edHqd6z6Mg — Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) 1581831339000

CCTV footage has emerged showing police assaulting Jamia students without provocation. Horrifying. Exemplary punish… https://t.co/ysSoYorUKw — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) 1581828669000

NEW DELHI: Fresh CCTV footage of Delhi police raining batons on students inside a library in Jamia Millia Islamia from December 15, 2019 drew sharp reactions from the political opposition on Sunday. Congress and CPM, both of who condemned the police brutality said the incident was both “unconscionable and unacceptable.”Sharing the video on Twitter, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said that if no action was taken even after the video surfaced, the BJP government’s intentions would stand exposed. She also accused home minister Amit Shah and the Delhi Police of “lying” that Jamia students were not assaulted inside the library. “Look at how Delhi Police is blindly assaulting students in the library. A boy is flashing his book but the policeman is continuing to attack him with batons,” she said in a tweet in Hindi.“Home minister and Delhi Police lied when they said students were not beaten up in the library...If no action is taken even after watching this Jamia video, the government's intentions would stand exposed before the whole country,” she added.The viral video clip, which garnered nearly 7 lakh views since it was released by the Jamia Coordination Committee on Sunday morning, was also shared by CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury , who said the police’s action in the varsity was “unconscionable” and “unacceptable”.“Every defence of police action on students in universities offered by Amit Shah is untrue, misleading and politically motivated. Delhi police comes directly under Modi-Shah and this is how it treats young students studying in a library. Shame,” Yechury tweeted.Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also said the CCTV visuals from Jamia were “horrifying” and called for exemplary punishment being levied on the “lawless policemen”. Congress’ women wing, the All India Mahila Congress, also slammed the government for using force against students.“Delhi Police’s lies stand exposed, the same police which has still not made any arrest in JNU Violence, brutally beat up students...”, they said on Twitter.