PM should apologise to students, Education Minister must resign: Rahul Gandhi
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and an apology from the Prime Minister following recurring exam paper leaks. Gandhi expressed full support for student protesters and condemned the use of police force against them.
Why it matters
This highlights the escalation of the political conflict surrounding the integrity of national examination systems in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must resign, and every person who assaulted the protesting students must be held accountable, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday (July 22, 2026), a day after his dramatic protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence.
“They [the students] are our future. They are not terrorists,” Mr. Gandhi said at a press conference at the All India Congress Committee headquarters here.
Claiming that there have been 152 exam paper leaks over the past decade, he alleged that about 7.5 crore students had been affected while “there have been zero convictions”. “Somebody or a group of people are destroying our education system, India’s biggest asset,” the Opposition leader said.
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