PM asks Ministers to get going on Instagram after raging students’ protest
He said that crores of youngsters were on the platform every day and that his colleagues in the government needed to proactively engage with them on the work they did and even do interactive live sessions. PM Modi wants fast-track courts for paper leak cases, but backlogs are mountingMr. Modi’s own following on Instagram has reportedly gone up by a million since last night after he posted his video promising strict action against exam paper leak mafias.
- ▪He said that crores of youngsters were on the platform every day and that his colleagues in the government needed to proactively engage with them on the work they did and even do interactive live sessions.
- ▪PM Modi wants fast-track courts for paper leak cases, but backlogs are mountingMr.
- ▪Modi’s own following on Instagram has reportedly gone up by a million since last night after he posted his video promising strict action against exam paper leak mafias.
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Within 24 hours of posing a vertical angle ‘Instagrammable’ video with a phone telling youngsters protesting against the NEET exam paper leak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 24, 2026) advised his own Cabinet colleagues that they needed to be Instagram-ready and reach out to young people.Presiding over a meeting of the Union Cabinet, where significant tweaks were made to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, to enhance penal provisions for those committing leaks of examination papers, he asked his colleagues as to how many of them had an Instagram account and how often they used it.Also Read: Jantar Mantar protest LIVEReach out to demographicSpeaking about the age profile of the protesting crowd at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, he is reported to have…
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