Sitting on the ground and beating a tambourine, Arya Singh was surrounded by a large crowd, mostly students, at a square in New Delhi.
“The government that is incompetent must be replaced” and “Long live the revolution”, the voices chanted in unison, led by the 18-year-old Singh.
For nearly a month, students from across the country have been gathering at Jantar Mantar, an 18th-century astronomical observatory and designated street site for protests.
Protesters are demanding the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, and the education minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet.
The demand comes after the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), one of the world’s largest medical entrance exams, was leaked; it determines admissions into five-year undergraduate medical courses in India.
