WAYANAD — Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday remarked that the youth of the country “cannot be silenced” by anybody.
Her reaction came soon after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Union Education Minister, amid nationwide protests seeking accountability over exam irregularities.
Speaking to reporters in Kerala’s Wayanad, Priyanka Gandhi said that she got a “little emotional” upon hearing the news.
“It is because, many times over the last 10 or 12 years, I have asked myself, ‘When are our young people going to wake up? Look at what is being done to our country.’ The RSS is filling the entire education system. Every post, every Vice-Chancellor, the ideology of our forefathers has been systematically broken down,” she added.
The Congress MP said: “Force has been used against young people, against anybody who raises their voice in protest. So today I am very happy that the youth of our country have spoken and nobody can ever dare to silence their voice.”
Earlier, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who were spearheading the students’ agitation, called Pradhan’s resignation a “victory for democracy”.
Significantly, the resignation of the Education Minister was one of the key demands of the massive student protests, staged following the May 3 NEET-UG paper leak.
