NEET UG Row: Indefinite sit-in by students enter 3rd day, agitation against NTA continues

The agitation against alleged irregularities in NEET-UG, PG and UGC-NET continued on Friday, with protests by several student groups entering the third day of their indefinite strike here at Jantar Mantar.

Left-backed student outfit All India Student Association (AISA) and Delhi University’s Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), along with various other groups gathered, at Jantar Mantar to protest against the alleged rigging in the exams held by the National Testing Agency.

The demands of the student groups, who are protesting under the banner “India against NTA”, include the scrapping of the National Testing Agency and resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the issue, among others.

On Thursday, the students including Congress’ youth wing IYC held a massive demonstration at Jantar Mantar leading to the police resorting to lathicharge to disburse the crowd, visuals from the protest site showed.

In a separate protest, Congress’ student wing National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) barged into the NTA headquarters in Okhla and locked the entrance of the testing agency’s office with an iron lock and chain.

The police have registered a case against NSUI national president Varun Choudhary under sections 186 (obstructing public servant), 353 (assaulting public servant), 452 (trespassing), 342/34 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code for creating ruckus at the NTA office.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *