Akhilesh Yadav compares police action at Delhi protest to Emergency, says Pradhan’s exit saved PM

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav criticized the government's handling of NEET-UG protests, comparing police tactics to the Emergency era. He argued that the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan was a strategic move to protect the Prime Minister.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) compared the police action against students protesting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) paper leak with the Emergency, and claimed the Narendra Modi government had been forced to bend before an unprecedented student movement.
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