In Photos: Protests Erupt Across India Over NEET Paper Leak
From Delhi to Chennai, protests erupted across India as students and youth groups demanded action over the NEET paper leak
Students' Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activists carry posters during a protest march demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Paradhan over the NEET paper leak issue, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
Students raise slogans during a protest expressing solidarity with the nationwide agitation over the alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in Bhopal, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Aliah University students hold placards and raise slogans during a protest rally against the police action on students in the ‘Sansad chalo’ march in Delhi, and demand resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue, in Kolkata, West Bengal, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Students’ Federation of India (SFI) members stage a protest demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, at Chachal ground in Guwahati, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Police remove Students' Federation of India protestors blocking a railway track over the NEET exam issue, at Thiruparankundram railway station in Madurai, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Police use water cannon to disperse the Students' Federation of India (SFI) activists during a protest march demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, in Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Police personnel douse a fire after Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) members burn an effigy during a protest demanding the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue and the police action on students in the ‘Sansad chalo’ march, in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Police personnel stop protestors during a protest demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue, in Patna, Bihar, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
AAP workers burn an effigy as they stage a protest in solidarity with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel intervene as Congress and BJP workers clash during a Congress protest outside the BJP state headquarters over the alleged NEET paper leak issue, in Ranchi, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI