"We have appealed to the protesters. The demands are being met. The government has heard them loud and clear. We are acting on their demands," the Minister said. Asked about clamping of prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in New Delhi, Singh defended the move, saying, "Some unfortunate things happened yesterday.
Many youths got injured. We don't this to happen. To save youths from this, we decided to take this step. "99.99 per cent of the protesters want a peaceful protest but there are 0.1 per cent who wants something else," he said.