Organisations in Mysuru back Sonam Wangchuk’s demand for overhaul of exam system after NEET paper leak
Various student and social organizations in Mysuru held a hunger strike to support demands for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The protest, aligned with the Cockroach Janta Party, calls for an overhaul of the education system following the NEET-UG paper leak controversy.
Why it matters
Widespread protests across different regions indicate a significant national movement seeking accountability for systemic failures in the Indian examination process.
Mysuru University Research Scholars’ Association, Federation of Dalit Students, progressive organisations, Dalit groups, and farmers’ organisations staged a one-day hunger strike at Gandhi Bhavan on the University of Mysore campus on July 20 in support of educationist and environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, and others demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and abolition of the National Testing Agency (NTA).
The demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was triggered by the NEET paper leak .
Post-graduate students, writers, artistes and progressive thinkers joined the protest in Mysuru demanding a thorough overhaul of the country’s education system in the wake of the alleged irregularities surrounding the NEET-UG examination, which they claimed to have affected lakhs of students .
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