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Modi Offers Amnesty to Leak-Protest Students After 2 Million Retest

8/1/2026

Summary

Modi Forgives Students

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wants to forgive students who shouted abusive slogans at him and urged guidance over punishment.
The leak forced a retest for about 2 million students and sparked nationwide anger.
The government accepted all demands, including exam reforms and dropping police cases, after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.
Parliament introduced a bill to amend exam-law with longer prison terms and higher fines for paper-leak offenders.

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Rahul Gandhi Accuses

Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of silencing Generation Z by filing FIRs and blocking students’ social-media after the July 20 protest.
Opposition MPs protested at Makar Dwar demanding police accountability, flagging alleged misuse of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi donations and calling for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into police excesses.
The Cockroach Janta Party said the Supreme Court’s July 28 interim order violates the July 25 pledge to drop FIRs.

History

Historical Context

The 21-month Emergency (25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977), declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and approved by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352, suspended civil liberties and used the 1971 Maintenance of Internal Security Act to detain over 100,000 opponents. That authoritarian precedent fuels today’s debate over the exam-paper leak, as Modi, Shah and Rahul Gandhi face FIRs and calls for Supreme Court oversight.

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Modi Forgives Students

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wants to forgive students who shouted abusive slogans at him and urged guidance over punishment.
The leak forced a retest for about 2 million students and sparked nationwide anger.
The government accepted all demands, including exam reforms and dropping police cases, after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.
Parliament introduced a bill to amend exam-law with longer prison terms and higher fines for paper-leak offenders.

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