New Delhi: Aazad Samaj Party-Kanshi Ram chief and MP Chandra Shekhar Azad on Tuesday staged a protest on the Parliament premises over the alleged paper leak issue and the police action during the CJP-led protest march on Monday, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Azad sat on an overnight protest within the Parliament complex, expressing solidarity with students protesting against alleged irregularities in the examination system.
Speaking to ANI, Azad criticised the police action against protesters and said dissent could not be suppressed in a democracy.
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"We take pride in being the world's largest democracy, yet in a democracy, dissent cannot be crushed with lathis. A protest has been ongoing at Jantar Mantar for 30 days; people have been on a hunger strike for 20 days. Was the government waiting for them to die?" he said.
