Sensitivity of protest venue, stature of LoP led to quicker talks, but Rahul changed goalposts: Govt

Union Minister of State for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh, the government’s interlocutor, met LoP Rahul Gandhi at the sit-in; Mr. Singh says Mr. Gandhi initially agreed to suspend the dharna but later also raised the demand of Dharmendra Pradhan’s ouster as Education Minister; to this, Mr. Singh said it did ‘behove an LoP to change stance’