PM Modi announces fast-track courts, Rahul demands Pradhan’s resignation

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New Delhi, July 23
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that the government will establish fast-track courts to deal with paper leak cases, promising swift punishment for those responsible as protests over the issue continue across the country.

In a message shared on social media, Modi said the welfare and future of young people remained the government’s highest priority.

“Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth,” he said, adding that he had directed officials to take all necessary steps to ensure those involved in paper leaks face speedy and strict legal action.

The Prime Minister said the move was part of a broader effort to safeguard students’ interests and warned that anyone attempting to jeopardise the future of young people “will not be spared”.

The announcement came as political tensions over the issue escalated.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi rejected the Prime Minister’s remarks, accusing the government of presiding over what he described as the decline of India’s education system.

“You are the one who has harmed the future of our youth the most,” Gandhi said in a statement.

He alleged that the government had “allowed and encouraged the total capture and destruction” of the education system while protecting those responsible for its failures.

Gandhi also reiterated the demands raised by protesting students, calling for the removal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Besides this, Gandhi called for a public apology to students, and action against those accused of assaulting demonstrators during recent protests.

Meanwhile, Ashutosh Ranka, national spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), said protesters would continue their agitation until the education minister was removed. “We will remain here until Dharmendra Pradhan is removed,” he told reporters, adding that demonstrators were determined to press their demands.

Ranka said public anger was now extending beyond the Education Minister.

“If you listen to the slogans here, you will see that people’s anger is increasingly being directed at the Prime Minister as well, over why he is not ready to listen to them,” he said.

He urged the government to respond to growing public concerns, saying that people had begun asking direct questions of the Prime Minister over the handling of the crisis.