Protests demanding NEET ban, Minister Pradhan’s resignation gather steam in Coimbatore
Protests have intensified in Coimbatore as various organizations demand the scrapping of the NEET examination and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan following recent question paper leak allegations. Local police have implemented preventive measures to manage potential demonstrations, drawing criticism from civil liberty advocates regarding the right to peaceful assembly.
Why it matters
The ongoing protests highlight significant public dissatisfaction with national medical entrance testing procedures and reflect broader political tensions regarding educational governance in India.
Protests continued in Coimbatore on Friday in support of the ongoing students agitation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the NEET question paper leak and for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
A sit-in demonstration by supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Coimbatore continued for the third day at Jeeva Illam, the office of the Communist Party of India, in the city on Friday.
R. Rajkumar, CJP’s coordinator for Coimbatore and west zone, said they were in constant communication with functionaries in Chennai and rest of the country to maintain the momentum nation-wide.
Members from various organisations under the banner ‘NEET Ethirpu Iyakkam Kovai’ staged a protest at Tatabad in the city raising various demands such as scrapping of NEET and resignation of Mr. Pradhan. Protesters held placards with photographs of students, whom they termed as victims of NEET.
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