The morning's parliamentary protests over Amit Shah's Ambedkar remarks escalated into physical confrontation, with two BJP MPs hospitalized and mutual assault complaints filed at Parliament Street Police Station. By noon, BJP filed attempt-to-murder charges against Rahul Gandhi, while Congress claimed its leaders were blocked from entering Parliament.
The escalation prompted Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to ban protests at Parliament gates - a significant procedural change amid the winter session. The controversy overshadowed other developments, including the US Fed's interest rate cut impact on Indian markets and the revelation that "human error" caused the helicopter crash that killed CDS Bipin Rawat.
The evening saw both parties leveraging CCTV footage claims, while parallel narratives emerged about female MPs feeling threatened - marking a shift from the previous day's Ambedkar-comment focused discourse to physical security concerns.