Student Unions Organise Bandh 'NEET Protest In Telangana'

Educational institutions observed a bandh in Telangana on Friday following a call by Left-affiliated student unions to protest alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET. 

AISF state secretary Putta Laxman informed that the shutdown, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and tough punishment for the guilty in the NEET-UG paper leak, is being observed successfully.

The unions comprising SFI, AISF,



PDSU called for the bandh of educational institutions from Intermediate (11th and 12th standard) to university level, he said. The students' unions would take out a rally from Narayanaguda to Himayatnagar here, he said. 

Meanwhile, the Congress and BRS said they would hold protests in Hyderabad on Friday over the NEET-UG paper leak. BRS Working President K T Rama Rao will attend a protest called by the party's students' wing at the Dharna Chowk at Indira Park here.