AISA and AIDSO condemn police lathi charge on students in New Delhi
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) and AIDSO organized protests in Bengaluru to condemn the police crackdown on students marching to Parliament in New Delhi. Protesters expressed solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk and demanded accountability for the NEET-2026 examination paper leaks.
Why it matters
Highlights growing student unrest and concerns regarding the integrity of national examination systems and the state of democratic dissent in India.
Expressing solidarity with the ‘Chalo Sansad or Parliament March’ in Delhi, around 1,500 people participated in a protest organised by the All India Students’ Association (AISA) Karnataka at Freedom Park, Bengaluru, on Monday.
The protesters strongly condemned “the brutal attack on peaceful protesters by the Delhi Police and the illegal abduction of Sonam Wangchuk”. They also highlighted that many students and youth were severely injured due to being repressed by the police.
“The NEET-2026 paper leak is the latest in a series of examination scandals that have exposed the complete failure of our examination system to conduct fair, transparent, and credible examinations. There have been hundreds of cases of paper leaks and irregularities in different examinations over the past few years. Lakhs of students have repeatedly been forced to bear the consequences of institutional incompetence, corruption, and administrative failure,” they alleged.
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