The complaint was filed by Amit Kumar, a member of the Valmiki community and a resident of Jawahar Nagar. Kumar alleged that Gandhi's comments about the ritual, made during a press conference in New Delhi on August 29, hurt the sentiments of members of the community

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs witnessed an uproar as Opposition MPs demanded a discussion on alleged pellet gun use and lathicharge during the NEET (UG) protesters' ‘Sansad Chalo’ march. The panel chairman declined to allow the discussion