Archive · 20 Jul 2026
Akhilesh Yadav Criticizes Centre Over NEET Protests
Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, spoke to reporters outside Parliament on Monday.
He criticized the central government for how they handled protests by students who took the NEET exam.
Yadav said the government was not listening to the students' concerns and was instead using police to suppress them.
He also mentioned that opposition MPs were detained while students were being beaten up.
Yadav linked the protests to a lack of jobs, saying that if the government had provided more employment, students might not have protested.
He also shared pictures of the protests on social media with a poem about revolution against injustice.
Akhilesh Yadav criticized the Centre for police action against NEET protestors.
He alleged that opposition MPs were detained while students were beaten up.
Yadav questioned the government's handling of the NEET examination and its accountability.
He linked the protests to unemployment and lack of job opportunities.
Yadav invoked Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful protests and shared visuals of the protest march on social media with a revolutionary poem.
- Who
- Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief
- What
- Criticism of the Centre over police action against NEET protestors
- When
- Monday
- Where
- Outside Parliament
- Why
- Alleged suppression of students and lack of job opportunities
- Person Involved
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Issue
- NEET Protests
- Location
- Outside Parliament
- Accusation
- Government suppressing students
- Demand
- Justice for NEET aspirants
- Historical Reference
- Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful protests
- Social Media Action
- Shared protest visuals with a revolutionary poem