Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi detained during NEET protest outside Modi's home
Indian student protesters return after police crackdown.
Congress leader and leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, along with several opposition MPs, was detained by Delhi Police today (21 July) after marching towards the prime minister Narendra Modi's residence during a protest over education-related issues and the police action against the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) student march.
Congress reiterated its demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, while also seeking an apology or resignation from prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, reports the Hindustan Times
Opposition leaders, including Akhilesh Yadav, Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar, and Arvind Kejriwal, extended support to the protest.
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ANI visuals showed Gandhi, dressed in his signature white T-shirt and khaki trousers, lying on the road, resisting attempts to remove him, as police officers tried to lift him.
They then showed him being taken away in a police bus along with other members of his party.
One protester held a poster that read, "Democracy bleeds when voices are beaten", and some Congress members were detained by police, television footage showed.
Priyanka Gandhi was released from detention hours later after Sonia Gandhi reached the Mandir Marg Police Station in New Delhi, According to Hindustan Times.
Besides, thousands of supporters of youth-led "cockroach" movement in Delhi on Tuesday, a day after violent clashes with police, and in spite of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vow to punish those behind damaging exam leaks.
More than 5,000 protesters gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site, after their march on parliament to demand the resignation of the education minister ended in violent clashes with police on Monday, reports Reuters.
Prime Minister Modi told lawmakers of his ruling alliance that the government acted immediately on receiving reports of exam irregularities and 13 people were arrested and jailed, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said.
Modi also said a re-examination had been successfully conducted.
"The prime minister said that to ensure the future of youth is not jeopardised, everyone should unite to ensure strict steps are taken, those guilty punished, and a foolproof system is created," Rijiju said.
Youth anger and protests over the exams have become the biggest challenge for the prime minister in his third term.
Delhi Police said nearly 180 people, including 118 security and police personnel and 60 protesters, were injured when they clashed in central Delhi.
The founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, a movement that began as an online satire, said more than 150 protesters were undergoing treatment in hospital.
Protesters say they won't march again
The CJP movement has said it will continue its anti-government protest but will not march on parliament as it fears its supporters will be beaten by police again.
The months-old movement has drawn the support of millions of young, Gen Z Indians who are demanding the resignation of Pradhan. CJP says the leaking of the papers in May was a sign of deep-seated corruption in education.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke apologised to supporters, especially women, who he said were beaten by male police officers.
Delhi Police said protesters had "displayed unruly, aggressive and violent behavior" and "deliberately violated the prohibitory orders in force".
The movement was galvanised after the support of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who began a hunger strike on 28 June, but was forcibly moved to a hospital by police on Saturday.
