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Summary
The speaker questions the government's lack of direct conversation with citizens, citing the example of a protest at Jantar Mantar where students are demanding the resignation of the education minister due to a national exam leak that led to the deaths of over 20 people.
From the report
Two days ago in Auckland, a journalist asked our Ministry of External Affairs that why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi not address press conferences? And one of our MEA secretaries said that it's because the Prime Minister likes to talk to people directly. He likes to talk to his citizens directly. And that made me question something. At Jantar Mantar, which is the designated protest site in the national capital of the country, thousands of people have been coming to protest for the last 25 days demanding a resignation of the education minister for a national exam that leaked over which more than 20 people died by suicide a renowned innovator and educator of our country mr sonam vangchuk has been on a hunger strike along with him several students have been on a hunger strike for the last 17 days and there has been no direct conversation with these people so where is that direct conversation with citizens happening? Which concerns of common citizens are being directly addressed by the government? On one hand, there are no press conferences, there are no direct questions being faced by the press, by journalists like us. On the other hand, when hundreds and thousands of students are coming on the ground, forget accepting their demand, they have not even been acknowledged. They are in fact called Tukde Tukde gang, they are called anti-national and whatnot. Anybody might have doub…
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Summary
The speaker questions the government's lack of direct conversation with citizens, citing the example of a protest at Jantar Mantar where students are demanding the resignation of the education minister due to a national exam leak that led to the deaths of over 20 people.
“You can't deny that the education ministry has failed in conducting national exams.”From the report
Two days ago in Auckland, a journalist asked our Ministry of External Affairs that why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi not address press conferences? And one of our MEA secretaries said that it's because the Prime Minister likes to talk to people directly. He likes to talk to his citizens directly. And that made me question something. At Jantar Mantar, which is the designated protest site in the national capital of the country, thousands of people have been coming to protest for the last 25 days demanding a resignation of the education minister for a national exam that leaked over which more than 20 people died by suicide a renowned innovator and educator of our country mr sonam vangchuk has been on a hunger strike along with him several students have been on a hunger strike for the last 17 days and there has been no direct conversation with these people so where is that direct conversation with citizens happening? Which concerns of common citizens are being directly addressed by the government? On one hand, there are no press conferences, there are no direct questions being faced by the press, by journalists like us. On the other hand, when hundreds and thousands of students are coming on the ground, forget accepting their demand, they have not even been acknowledged. They are in fact called Tukde Tukde gang, they are called anti-national and whatnot. Anybody might have doub…
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