Congress youth wing members baton-charged during protests against NEET irregularities, party alleges

The Congress on Thursday said that members of its youth wing were baton-charged by the Delhi Police during a protest against recent allegations of paper leaks and other irregularities in the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test.

The Indian Youth Congress and leftist student organisations on Thursday organised protests in the national capital over the irregularities in the entrance test for admissions to undergraduate medical courses and other examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency, The Indian Express reported.

The Delhi Police halted the protests and detained many students, the newspaper added.

The Congress claimed that members from its youth wing were “lathicharged and brutality was committed”.

It said that the “dictatorial [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi government, which destroyed the future of millions of youth of the country, could not tolerate this [the protests].”

The party added: “These police lathis will not be able to break our spirit. We will continue to fight for justice. The dictatorial government will have to bow before the truth.”

आज @IYC के हजारों साथी NEET पेपर लीक और उससे जुड़ी धांधली का विरोध कर रहे थे।

लेकिन देश के लाखों युवाओं का भविष्य तबाह करने वाली तानाशाह मोदी सरकार से यह बर्दाश्त न हुआ।

हमारी आवाज को दबाने के लिए मोदी सरकार के इशारे पर यूथ कांग्रेस के साथियों पर लाठियां बरसाईं गईं और बर्बरता… pic.twitter.com/lp2vgFG66r— Congress...

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