Indian Student’s Protest Re-Writing Narrative of Democracy & Ethics
A CSNN India Desk author contribution presented in the writer’s original wording.
India
On 20th July 2026, the Monsoon session of Indian Parliament started with the topic safeguarding the esteem of ‘Vande Mataaram(Salute to the Motherland)’ national song of India.
The irony is, while inside the cozy parliament people’s representatives were passing time on ‘Vande Mataram’, outside the parliament, on the street Indian students, youngsters who are future of the nation were mercilessly beaten by the police and army. Even they driven away the students by spreading tear gas.
Indian student’s protest is re-writing the narrative of democracy and ethics with the portrait of more than 20 days of peaceful challenge demanding justice for approximately 150 times exam paper leak in about one decade.
They are entrance examinations for medicine, engineering courses and other recruitment tests.
The students not only loosing their years of effort preparing for these examinations, they are losing hope in career and future. Even within June- July 2026, at least 12 students committed suicide due to these paper leaks.
With the initiative of CJP(Cockroach Janata Party) a peaceful protest started at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar(a place for civic protest).
Exercise of Democratic Rights by the Students:
- They demanded resignation of the Education Minister, at least on moral ground.
- The students are supported by civil society members from all walks of life even by celebrities.
- Sonam Wangchuk, a scientist, education reformer and environmentalist joined the students doing hunger strike with the hope that rulers might take student’s cause seriously.
- There was no political angle to it. But after the hard-hearted attack on students political parties openly jumped into the fray.
Offence to the principle of Democracy by rulers:
- No one from the government considered to respond and discuss the issue with these students who are also vote banks.
-
Ahead of the monsoon session on 18th July 2026, they forcefully shifted Sonam Wangchuk inside a hospital out of the eyes of all.
According to the Indian Constitution and Law, it is illegal.
Article 19 of Indian constitution assures ”Freedom of speech and Expression”.
Article 21 of Indian Constitution guarantees,” Forceful relocation violates fundamental rights”.
- Police and army in uniform, in civil dress, mercenaries, not only used heavy wooden sticks and tear gas, they also used stones to pelt on students fabricating story that stones were brought by students. While the armless students were under strict checking even with their bag packs.
Ethical Point of View:
- Government, ministers and parliamentarians made their own screening of the governance of autocracy not democracy, in the public eye domestically and internationally.
- The police and army are paid servants but their ethics died to realize that besides being slaves of rulers and money they are called ‘public servants’, they have personal life, family, how could they become so savage?
- This scenario distinguishes students and youths of two types.
The youth who are children and followers of these security guards and politicians are serpents of tyrannical society.
They are youths of future extortionists and embezzlers. Who are practicing in sexual pleasures like partner swapping, open marriage and intoxication.
Socially they are flag bearers of splitting society on regionalism, ethnicity, ageism, etc and supported by their authoritarian stake holders.
While the real future of the nation and world are the Indian students who are ambitious, toiling students who are aspirants of a bright future in a spotless, ethical society, concentrating on peace and prosperity.
When these students and smart youth are asking for their rights, they are well read of the constitution, political history, they are civilized, updated about international affairs and above all brave enough to face the pitiless atrocities of politicians, police and army.
These Indian students are re-writing the narrative of democracy and ethics through their courageous yet benign protest.
