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Rahul demands PM Modi’s resignation over crackdown on students

Published : Wednesday, 22 July, 2026 at 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI, July 21: India's main opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, demanded on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi step down over the police crackdown against student protests calling for reforms in the education system.

Modi must resign "for destroying the future of India's youth", the Congress Party leader said in a post on social media as he led a march with other MPs towards the prime minister's residence in New Delhi.

"The government doesn't want to take any accountability, nor does it want to have a debate on it in parliament," said Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the lower house.

Gandhi later staged a sit-in protest outside Modi's residence, where cries of "we want justice" were interspersed with chants of "down with Modi".

Hours later, AFP journalists saw Gandhi and other parliamentarians being bundled into a bus and taken away from the area.

The developments come after police said 60 protesters were injured in clashes with security forces in the heart of New Delhi on Monday, marking the biggest street rally in the capital for about five years.

Thousands of protesters had gathered to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, following an appeal by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement.

Police fired tear gas and charged with batons at protesters, who responded by pelting stones. At least 118 police personnel were also injured, Delhi Police said of Monday's clashes.�" AFP

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