Mukul Wasnik

Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) | General Secretary, @INCIndia | Former Union Minister | Former President @NSUI & @IYC | Wildlife enthusiast, Photography

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

@MichelleObama @BarackObama Wishing President Barack Obama a very happy birthday.

[Congress @INCIndia]

'अमित शाह सदन में आओ, सदन में आकर जवाब दो'

- ये मांग सिर्फ विपक्ष की नहीं, बल्कि पूरे देश की है। अमित शाह को सदन में आकर छात्रों पर की गई क्रूरता पर जवाब देना होगा।

📍 संसद परिसर, दिल्ली

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

Deeply saddened by the passing of Padma Shri Dr D. Y. Patil Ji, former Governor of Bihar, Tripura, and West Bengal. He was a visionary educationist who built world-class educational institutions. Heartfelt condolences to his family and countless admirers. Om Shanti. 🙏#DrDYPatil

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Nothing is more painful than seeing a parent grieve their child.

Behind every young life lost is a family carrying pain that will never leave them - and serious questions about a broken education system.

Leaked papers. Cancelled exams. Years of preparation destroyed overnight. Our students are told to work honestly in a system that is not honest with them.

And the Prime Minister has the audacity to speak of “forgiving” students.

He has not met a single grieving parent. He has not sat with a single student whose future was stolen by a leaked paper.

India’s students do not need his forgiveness. They are owed his apology.

[P. Chidambaram @PChidambaram_IN]

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 was amended last week by an Amendment Act by Parliament

The Amendment Act enhances the punishment for offences and sets up Fast Track Courts

The Parent Act contained 19 sections. The Amendment amended 3 sections and introduced a new section

It is s misnomer to describe either the Parent Act or the Amendment Act as a law to 'prevent' unfair means

Both are laws to 'punish' those guilty of using unfair means

There is a vast difference between 'prevention' and 'punishment'

'Prevention' means steps BEFORE unfair means are used. On the other hand, 'punishment' means steps AFTER unfair means are used

The obvious distinction was pointed out by the Opposition speakers in the debates in both Houses

There was no answer, or even an attempt to answer, by the Government

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

The self-declared non-biological PM enjoys playing the victim card.

He uses vile vitriol against his predecessors and political opponents. He very frequently peddles lies to defame them, not just in his public speeches but in Parliament itself. He unleashes an army of foul-mouthed abusers both in Parliament and outside and gives them full protection.

The entire nation is wanting the PM to apologise for the trauma inflicted on lakhs of youth through his paper leak-ridden NTA and his Home Ministry-sanctioned brutality on student protestors. The entire nation is waiting for the PM to apologise for the Chanda Chori Astha Dhoka by the Ram Mandir Trust the establishment of which he had himself grandly announced in the Lok Sabha on Feb 5, 2020. The entire nation is still expecting his apology for his Tughlakian notebandi of Nov 8 2016 that destroyed crores of livelihoods and shuttered lakhs if MSMEs.

The list is endless.

But late last night, in act of supreme self-obsession, the PM said that he forgave our youth. This is an insult to the nation and to our youth which has suffered under his Government and is legitimately demanding an apology from him.

The Prime Minister’s InstaGram Sabhas are fooling no one.

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

Humble tributes to the legendary freedom fighter, scholar and social reformer Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his death anniversary. His fierce advocacy for 'Swaraj' and his indomitable spirit continue to inspire generations of Indians. #LokmanyaTilak #Swaraj

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

कथा, कादंबरी, पोवाडे, लावण्या, शाहिरी आणि लोकनाट्याच्या माध्यमातून उपेक्षितांच्या व्यथा-वेदनांना शब्द आणि आवाज देणारे लोकनायक, साहित्यसम्राट 'लोकशाहीर अण्णाभाऊ साठे' यांना जयंतीदिनी विनम्र अभिवादन!

[Hitendra Pithadiya @HitenPithadiya]

ગુજરાતના પૂર્વ મુખ્યમંત્રી, ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાના પૂર્વ વિરોધપક્ષના નેતા અને ગુજરાત પ્રદેશ કોંગ્રેસ સમિતિના પૂર્વ પ્રમુખ દિવંગત "અમરસિંહ ચૌધરી" સાહેબને જન્મજયંતિ નિમિતે કોટી કોટી વંદન. ભાવભીની શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ 🙏

[Congress @INCIndia]

⦿ दिल्ली की सड़कों पर छात्रों के साथ जो हुआ, इससे मोदी सरकार की राजनीतिक साख को ऐसे घाव मिले हैं, जो कई साल तक नहीं भरने वाले

⦿ दिल्ली में प्रदर्शन कर रहे छात्रों पर हमला किया गया। पुलिस और CRPF ने छात्रों को कील लगे डंडे मारे, उनके ऊपर पैलेट गन का इस्तेमाल किया

⦿ सरकार ने ऐसा माहौल बना रखा था, जैसे वो बच्चे नहीं आतंकवादी हैं और अगर वो संसद भवन के आसपास दिखे तो उन्हें गोलियों से भून दिया जाएगा

⦿ देश में 775 स्पेशल फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट हैं, जहां 2 लाख से ज्यादा मामले लंबित हैं और जो 862 फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट स्पेशल नहीं हैं, वहां 14 लाख से ज्यादा मामले लंबित हैं

⦿ पिछले 10 साल में 152 पेपर लीक हुए, लेकिन एक को भी सजा नहीं हुई

⦿ सरकार के मंत्री ने अलग-अलग राज्यों में हुए पेपर लीक की बात की, लेकिन गुजरात का नाम नहीं लिया, जबकि वहां 4 दिन पहले ही पेपर लीक हुआ

⦿ सरकार के तत्कालीन शिक्षा मंत्री और NTA ने कभी अपने मुंह से पेपर लीक शब्द नहीं निकाला, यानी जो गलती स्वीकार नहीं कर सकते, वो गलती कैसे सुधारेंगे

⦿ हाल ही में, Re-NEET एग्जाम हुआ, जिसके लिए पूरी सरकार को लगना पड़ा, इसलिए सरकार कमेटियां बनाकर देश और छात्रों को गुमराह करना बंद करे

: राज्यसभा में 'लोक परीक्षा (अनुचित साधन निवारण) संशोधन विधेयक, 2026' पर कांग्रेस महासचिव @MukulWasnik जी का वक्तव्य-

[Congress @INCIndia]

Jawab Do Amit Shah

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

वरिष्ठ कांग्रेस नेता, पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री एवं राजस्थान विधानसभा के पूर्व अध्यक्ष @drcpjoshi जी को जन्मदिन की हार्दिक बधाई।ईश्वर से आपके उत्तम स्वास्थ्य, दीर्घायु एवं मंगलमय जीवन की कामना करता हूँ। आपके मार्गदर्शन में संगठन और समाज को हमेशा नई दिशा मिलती रहे।🙏✨ #CPJoshi

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

पिछली बार NTA की लगातार गड़बड़ियों के बाद मोदी सरकार ने परीक्षा प्रणाली में सुधार के सुझाव देने के लिए के. राधाकृष्णन उच्चस्तरीय विशेषज्ञ समिति का गठन किया था। समिति ने कुल 101 सिफारिशें दी थीं-60 अल्पकालिक, 30 मध्यम अवधि की और 6 सरकार के लिए।

आज हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स में प्रकाशित एक नए विश्लेषण से पता चलता है कि इन 101 सिफारिशों में से 27 अब तक लागू ही नहीं की गई हैं। इससे भी गंभीर बात यह है कि मोदी सरकार ने जानबूझकर देश को गुमराह किया। पूर्व मंत्री प्रधान ने दिसंबर 2024 में घोषणा की थी कि समिति की सिफारिशों के अनुरूप NTA अब भर्ती परीक्षाएं आयोजित नहीं करेगा। लेकिन इसके बावजूद NTA ने 2025 और 2026 में कई भर्ती परीक्षाएं आयोजित कीं।

जैसा कि पहले भी बताया जा चुका है, मोदी सरकार ने 2024 और 2026 के पेपर लीक के बीच पूरे दो वर्षों तक NTA में पूर्णकालिक महानिदेशक तक नियुक्त नहीं किया।

स्पष्ट है कि राधाकृष्णन समिति की सिफारिशों को लागू करने की न तो सरकार की कोई राजनीतिक इच्छाशक्ति थी और न ही कोई ईमानदार मंशा। ऐसे में प्रधानमंत्री अब नंदन निलेकणी की अगुवाई में उच्चस्तरीय टास्क फोर्स किस मुंह से बना रहे हैं? सरकार का अब तक का रिकॉर्ड देखते हुए, इस टास्क फोर्स की रिपोर्ट भी धूल खाएगी।

https://t.co/COhzdmd1hO

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

एक संवेदनशील मुख्यमंत्री, कुशल संघटक आणि निसर्गाचे अप्रतिम सौंदर्य कॅमेऱ्यात टिपणारे उत्कृष्ट छायाचित्रकार मा. श्री. उद्धवजी ठाकरे जी यांना वाढदिवसाच्या मनःपूर्वक शुभेच्छा! ईश्वर आपल्याला दीर्घायुष्य आणि सदैव यश प्रदान करो. 📸🌾

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

More than the Fast Track Courts, the need of the hour is to have an honest, transparent and sincere government. Expecting this from the present government will be futile.

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

On 23rd July, the Delhi High Court set up a Special Fast Track Court in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue complex to hear the NEET-UG 2026 Paper leak case.

Tellingly, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to dispatch a legal representative to the inaugural hearing of this fast track court. It forced an immediate adjournment of the case.

With what face is the Modi Government tom-toming fast-track courts as a solution to the crisis of paper-leaks? Its own CBI is showing zero initiative in investigating and prosecuting these cases.

[Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnik]

The entire system is collapsing and the government remains a mere spectator.

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

Another day another paper leak – this time in the Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar.

This is not an exception. Gujarat has witnessed 34 paper leaks between 2014 and 2024. The GPSC Chief Officer’s Paper in 2014, Talati Paper in 2015 and 2016, the TAT -Teacher Paper, Mukhya Sevika Paper, Nayab Chitnis Paper and Lokarakshak Dal Paper in 2018, the Non-Secretariat Clerk Exam in 2019, the Head Clerk, DGVCL Vidyut Assistant and Sub Auditor Exams in 2021, the Forest Guard Exam in 2022 and the Junior Clerk exam in 2023 were all leaked. Even the infamous UP police recruitment examination leak of 2024 was orchestrated from Ahmedabad. Gujarat under the BJP has become the “epicentre of all paper leaks in India”.

The Modi Government’s fast-track courts are not a solution to this systemic issue. It is a diversion. We need a larger and more honest conversation on how to reform our examination and education system.

https://t.co/iyLhPfAVUt

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

Friends, in June 2024, after it bungled multiple examinations including NEET-UG, the Modi Government constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts headed by Dr. K Radhakrishnan to “ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations.”

In July 2026, after the Modi Government has yet again bungled the NEET-UG and other examinations, it has constituted a “High Powered Task Force” to focus on examination reform.

The Modi Government has still not finished implementing the K Radhakrishnan Committee’s 101 recommendations. Indeed, for most of the two years between the 2024 and 2026 paper leaks, it didn’t even appoint a full-time Director General for the National Testing Agency.

This is ultimately only a High-Powered attempt to fix the Pradhan Mantri’s irretrievably compromised image.

[Congress @INCIndia]

Amit Shah must answer

[Congress @INCIndia]

We hold Amit Shah directly responsible for the violence inflicted on our students. He authorised the firing on our students, authorised the use of lethal weapons, and authorised the use of pellet guns against them.

That's a fundamental issue. We do not accept our security forces shooting at the future of India. This is going to be a major issue in Parliament.

One of the students' demands: an apology from the Prime Minister.

: LoP Shri @RahulGandhi

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has very recently done a detailed analysis based on its household expenditure data between 2014/15-2025/26. The conclusions are stark.

1. Education costs are rising substantially faster than household income.
2. ⁠Households are allocating a considerably larger share of their income towards education.
3. ⁠Private tuition has emerged as one of the fastest-growing components of household expenditure on education.
4. ⁠School and college fees have recorded sustained growth throughout the last decade, consistently outpacing household income growth.
5. ⁠Spending on books is rising even faster - that may reflect rising textbook and reference material prices, greater spending on competitive exam preparations, and on supplementary learning resources.

The Jantar Mantar and other protests in recent weeks have had proximate causes in an unfair and rigged exam system put in place by the deadly duo of Pradhan Mantri and (ex-)Mantri Pradhan. But the agony, anguish, and anger of youth and their parents have more fundamental causes of both accessibility and affordability revealed by the CMIE household expenditure data. They are crying out for remedial action NOW.