NEW DELHI: Congress leaders, including Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party general secretary KC Venugopal and several other MPs, staged a protest at Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi on Tuesday, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.The demonstration comes amid the ongoing political confrontation between the Congress and the Centre over alleged irregularities in national examinations and other issues.Rahul questioned PM’s silenceLeader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over the police action against student protesters, calling it “un-Indian”.His remarks came a day after a protest led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday saw roads blocked with demonstrators in the national capital. Police barricades were broken and protestors faced lathi and tear gas, with both accusing each other of going rogue.Speaking to reporters after meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with opposition MPs, Rahul Gandhi said, “Modi ji has not even apologised for what happened yesterday. The youth are protesting against the education and testing system. The whole country knows that the education and testing system is hollowed out by termites.”This development comes after Rahul Gandhi, along with Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant, RSP MP N K Premachandran and other opposition leaders, met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking a discussion on the police action against students and the alleged examination irregularities.
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