Delhi University Rs 26,000, Allahabad Rs 3,000: Students Question Fee Disparity
Students are protesting at Jantar Mantar against the NEET paper leak and broader issues like unemployment and education system disparities. Protesters are calling for government accountability and systemic reform in competitive exam processes.
Why it matters
The protests reflect widespread youth frustration with the Indian education system and the economic burden placed on students from lower-income backgrounds.
Thousands continued to pour into central Delhi's Jantar Mantar as the protest seeking the resignation of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak showed no sign of winding down.Most of the protesters are young people. They raised many questions, from the NEET case to wider issues like unemployment. NDTV spoke to some of them at the protest site to hear what they have to say.A group of students from Allahabad University told NDTV the paper leak not only hurt the morale of students but also cost them a lot of money, especially those from economically weaker sections.Ashwini Kumar, one of the students from Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, said his mother's pension runs his family after the death of his father. He said competitive exams need money, from coaching to filling up forms to travelling to exam centres."The paper was leaked. It was then postponed. What can we do?
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