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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

India's students need PM Narendra Modi's apology, not his forgiveness: LoP Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to the country's students for giving them a "corrupt" exam system and that they don't want his "forgiveness".

In a post on X, Gandhi said the prime minister has the audacity to speak of "forgiving" students even when he did not visit a single parent whose children committed suicide after they felt their career was destroyed due to leaked papers and cancelled exams.

"Nothing is more painful than seeing a parent grieve their child.

"Behind every young life lost is a family carrying pain that will never leave them - and serious questions about a broken education system," he said in his post after meeting the families of those who lost their children during his day-long visit to Tamil Nadu.

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"Leaked papers. Cancelled exams. Years of preparation destroyed overnight. Our students are told to work honestly in a system that is not honest with them.

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