‘Must be handled with empathy’: BJP veteran MM Joshi breaks ranks, backs NEET protesters

Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi supported students protesting the alleged NEET paper leak. He criticized police action against demonstrators as merciless and urged empathy. The government stated its readiness for a debate on the examination system. Opposition parties demanded the Education Minister's resignation and a parliamentary discussion. Prime Minister Modi announced fast-track courts for paper leak offenders.

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‘Genuine concerns’: Murli Manohar Joshi criticises use of ‘brutal force’ against protesters

Joshi, a former BJP president, said the concerns and issues of students were genuine, and these ‘must be addressed with empathy and a vision for long-term solutions’

Students' Concerns Genuine, Must Be Handled With Empathy: BJP Veteran MM Joshi

"I fervently hope that this is not treated merely as a law-and-order issue to be tackled through the use of force," former BJP chief Murli Manohar Joshi said