Delhi police lathi charge on students sparks solidarity protests across Hyderabad

Left-affiliated student unions staged protests in Hyderabad against the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and police lathi-charge in Delhi. Traffic was disrupted, schools and colleges shut down, and demands included Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, abolition of NTA, compensation for affected students, and withdrawal of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025.

Hyderabad: A series of protests by left-affiliated student unions over police lathi-charge on students during the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march in Delhi over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak issue rocked the city on Friday.

A large number of student activists, along with students, carried out the ‘Student Rally’ in solidarity with protesting students in Delhi.

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The SFI, AISF, PDSU, AIFDS, AIPSU, and AISB rally, which began at Narayanguda X Roads and concluded at the Y-junction. Traffic came to a standstill on the busy Narayanguda roDad due to the protest.

Meanwhile, responding to the call given by the student organisations, educational institutions across the State closed down. While several schools and colleges had sent messages to parents regarding closure of the institutions on Thursday night itself, some educational institutions informed parents on Friday morning.

The student organisations demanded that Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign immediately, taking political and moral responsibility for repeated failures in the conduct of the NEET UG question paper leak.

Stating that the NTA failed to hold exams transparently and lost credibility, SFI state secretary T Nagaraju demanded the Central government immediately abolish it. He condemned the police lathi-charge on students, who were staging a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar, and sought an inquiry besides action against those responsible.

The organisations also demanded the government announce an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore for students who died by suicide due to paper leak. Further, they wanted the government to withdraw the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill 2025.