Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi just showed up at Jantar Mantar to back the education reform protestors, and the internet is paying attention. Das took to Instagram to voice support for peaceful dissent as the backbone of a functioning democracy, while Azmi went full ground-report mode, posting from atop a truck with Prakash Raj visible behind her.
The rally gained urgency after Delhi Police forcibly pulled Sonam Wangchuk from the site following 21 days on hunger strike, shifting him to a hospital under a High Court directive. He'd been demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over systemic exam fraud that blew up with the NEET exam leak.
Suspiciously high perfect scores in the National Testing Agency's medical entrance exam triggered nationwide student outrage, with demands for retesting and actual accountability. The government kept defending the process while investigative agencies dug into the malpractice, but public trust in the system was already shot.
The rally gained urgency after Delhi Police forcibly pulled Sonam Wangchuk from the site following 21 days on hunger strike, shifting him to a hospital under a High Court directive. He'd been demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over systemic exam fraud that blew up with the NEET exam leak.
Suspiciously high perfect scores in the National Testing Agency's medical entrance exam triggered nationwide student outrage, with demands for retesting and actual accountability. The government kept defending the process while investigative agencies dug into the malpractice, but public trust in the system was already shot.
