It was a peaceful protest. Students (mind you, TEENAGERS) were purposefully locked inside jantar mantar. They did not panic. The police launched tear gas, beat them with lathis, and squads pointed AK-47s at students with books and flowers in their hands. For people who have been living under a rock, or who live outside India, do you know what this protest was against?

Over an exam leak. Over a national exam leak which caused 2.2 million students to retake the test. At least 12 students commited suicide. And instead of taking responsibility?

They will come for you.

and if the neet paper leaked, there was a re-neet exam. people are being emotional for no reason, this was not a big issue at all.

let me respond to your bs as calmly as i can.

1. it's not illegal to gather together somewhere to peacefully protest against something. even if an NOC is not signed, the police have no right to use excess violence. any unlawful, disproportionate and unjustified violence on the protestors is ILLEGAL/not defined under the law. show me ONE clip where the protestors were being violent, not retaliating to the uncalled for violence they were subjected to.

2. 'the police were bound to defend' defend how, exactly? by fixing nails on their sticks to beat students? to tear apart women's clothes, shove their sticks up their private parts, grope them? (most of them were minors btw) to throw tear gasses at them? break their bones? all of which were captured in videos, so don't talk about proofs. moreover, defend WHAT, exactly? the protestors were calm through and through, even after getting beat. they used their voice, slogans but never used any sort of arms.

3. 'this was not a big issue at all' yeah? tell that to the parents of the children who committed suicide. i dare you, look them in the eye and tell them that they're being emotional. i'd like to see you prepare for neet- work your ass off the entire year with little to no social life. imagine grinding the entire year, just for the paper to get leaked and cancelled. some people don't have the privilege of attempting again. for some people, that was their last shot to prove themselves.

the government should've held accountability for the leak, should've held a press conference. they didn't even properly meet the parents of the victims. if they can be so heartless and irresponsible, then I don't see any other option left other than to revolt.