Aam Aadmi Party Lok Sabha member Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said the recent student movement had fractured the Bharatiya Janata Party’s narrative on governance and youth opportunity.
Hayer told the House that demonstrations over NEET leaks forced ministerial resignations and opened space for opposition parties to demand institutional fixes rather than rhetorical assurances.
He praised peaceful protestors for keeping examination integrity in national focus while urging the government to accept an independent audit of testing contracts.
BJP members interjected that the administration had already announced reform panels and compensation frameworks for affected families.
Hayer’s comments illustrated how regional parties aligned with the INDIA bloc are framing the agitation as a political inflection point ahead of upcoming state polls.
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