Kakinada:Student organisations staged protests in Kakinada, Rajamahendravaram, Bhimavaram and other parts of the Godavari region on Friday, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET paper leak.
The protests were organised in response to a bandh call by student organisations. While several private educational institutions remained closed, government schools functioned as scheduled as they hosted the Mega Parent-Teacher Meeting.
In Kakinada, activists of the SFI, DYFI, AIYF, PDSU etc staged a demonstration in front of JNTUK.
Addressing the protesters, the student leaders criticised the deployment of police personnel at government educational institutions and alleged that the Centre had failed to take responsibility for the irregularities in the NEET examination. They also criticised the police action against protesters at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
The leaders alleged that the appointment of representatives of corporate educational institutions to public offices undermined the interests of public education.
SFI district secretary Ganga Suribabu, AIYF state associate secretary Y. Babi, Students’ JAC state secretary Bulli Raju, PDSU state associate secretary Siddu and other leaders participated in the protest.
In Rajamahendravaram, SFI activists took out a rally in support of the bandh and staged a demonstration in front of the Government Junior College.
At Bhimavaram, members of student organisations led by the SFI staged a dharna at Prakasam Chowk and raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dharmendra Pradhan.
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