🚨BREAKING
Next up, Assam Government guarantees release of all arrested protesters, no FIRs or action in future, and withdrawal of all existing FIRs.
@Cockroachisback
The Bihar government has announced that it will not take any punitive or retaliatory legal action against individuals involved in protests anywhere in Bihar prior to 6:00 PM on July 26.
It will also initiate the withdrawal of all FIRs, criminal complaints and show-cause notices linked to the protests, release all those arrested or detained in such cases, and ensure no future action is taken against the protesters.
VIDEO | Delhi: Addressing a press conference along with independent Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das says, "We were in constant touch with Kapil ji and had sought legal guidance. When we called off the protest on the 25th, we apprehended that in the future, once the movement subsided or the momentum of the protest waned, the government might start targeting individuals. This is a very credible apprehension, as the same playbook has been observed in other major protests where individuals were singled out and implicated in false cases. From day one, legal and medical assistance has been provided to all the students, and coordination with lawyers has been ensured so that they receive support across the country."
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)
Dear @JPNadda@DrJitendraSingh ji,
We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police action against the protestors. Hundreds of students have been arrested in Bihar and Bengal, and hundreds are being surveilled/harrassed in Delhi and other states. Multiple reports are emerging in Delhi around detention of volunteers supporting protestors with logistics.
We demand that all the FIRs against the protestors be immediately withdrawn, students be released and no future FIRs be filed (in line with our agreement) by Delhi police / Central investigative agencies / Police in BJP-allied states, FAILING WHICH WE WILL BE FORCED TO SIT ON PROTEST AGAIN.
We also demand that the written agreement around legal cases be shared with us by tomorrow, the aligned timelines with the Government of India.
An upstart youth movement, founded only 37 days earlier, forced Modi's government into a humiliating climbdown this weekend and prompted the resignation of the education minister. https://t.co/Ib6VlyUYxZ
The task force setup by the govt for NTA exam reforms:
Technology Expert Nandan Nilekani
IIT Chennai Director V Kamakoti
Former ISRO Chairman S Somnath
Former IB Director Tapan Deka
Former Education Secretary Anita Karwal
Logistics Expert Amrit Lal Meena
Let the young have it. Let them take the credit, the burden, the direction—whatever name we give the thing that has already begun to move. They have shown us a direction we did know of and a generosity we may not deserve They have held up a mirror and refused to look away. In their faces we see the anger we had learned to swallow, the fear we had dressed in politeness, the frustrations we had decided were to be expressed only privately
For the sheer, unembarrassed courage of it—for the bravery that does not wait for permission, for the clarity with which they have spoken about the the restlessness that lived in so many of us and never found a voice , they have earned the right to lead.
For once, then, let us do the harder thing. Let us follow.
during the protest, i saw everything i dreamed of india as a kid.
- men protecting women.
- strangers showing empathy for others' pain.
- delhi becoming the delhi i read in books.
- food being shared without asking if you're a hindu, muslim or christian.
Better late than never. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has submitted his resignation. I hope that the Prime Minister will also take an immediate and timely decision. I appreciate and congratulate all the students for their peaceful conclusion to the movement. I hope that now peace will soon be established in the world of Indian education and that the young people will have ample opportunities for their bright future and progress.
देर आये दुरुस्त आये। श्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान ने त्यागपत्र दे दिया है। आशा करता हूं कि प्रधानमंत्री जी भी इस पर शीघ्र ही समयोचित निर्णय लेंगे। उन सभी छात्रों को बधाई देता हूं कि उन्होंने आंदोलन को शांतिपूर्वक समाप्त कर दिया। मैं आशा करता हूँ कि अब भारतीय शिक्षा जगत में शीघ्र शांति स्थापित हो जाएगी और छात्रों को अपने उज्जवल भविष्य तथा प्रगति के लिए व्यापक अवसर प्राप्त होंगे।
#Bengaluru: Thousands of people had arrived at Freedom Park on Saturday to protest against the #NEET fiasco & the police brutality on students in Delhi. But they ended up celebrating union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.
“It reflects the power of the youth, especially students,” said those at Freedom Park.
@timesofindia
India’s education minister stepped down on Saturday, in a major victory for a student protest movement that has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi. https://t.co/iM3ckRsvGo