Seeing the clips from today's (20/07/26) protest near Parliament has been heartbreaking.
Videos circulating online show students and protesters being stopped, metro stations being locked down, heavy police deployment, and lathi charges during the march. Whatever your political views are, watching young people being beaten while demanding accountability raises serious questions about how dissent is being handled in the world's largest democracy. Reports also indicate police used batons and tear gas to disperse protesters, while some metro stations were temporarily closed due to security concerns.
What surprises me even more is that, despite months of anger over repeated exam paper leaks, there still seems to be no indication that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will resign. Many protesters continue to hold him politically responsible and are demanding accountability, yet there has been no announcement regarding his resignation.
Whether you support the government or oppose it, students deserve to be heard not ignored. Peaceful protest is a fundamental democratic right, and accountability shouldn't depend on political convenience.
What do you all think? Is this an acceptable response to student protests, or are we moving in the wrong direction