Violence erupts as police, protesters clash at CJP-Left students’ rally in Kolkata
Pradhan’s resignation, justice for students injured during the police action at Jantar Mantar earlier this week, and the immediate dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA).The march began at Sealdah railway station and drew students and people from different sections of society. Protesters raised slogans such as “Inquilab Zindabad”, “Dharmendra Pradhan must resign”, and “Modi jab jab darta hai, police ko aage karta hai” (Whenever Modi is scared, he puts the police forward) as the procession moved from Sealdah to Esplanade. Centre sacks 47 NTA officials, tightens law to tackle paper leaksApart from the students, several elderly also extended their support to the young ones.
- ▪Pradhan’s resignation, justice for students injured during the police action at Jantar Mantar earlier this week, and the immediate dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA).The march began at Sealdah railway station and drew students
- ▪Protesters raised slogans such as “Inquilab Zindabad”, “Dharmendra Pradhan must resign”, and “Modi jab jab darta hai, police ko aage karta hai” (Whenever Modi is scared, he puts the police forward) as the procession moved from Sealdah to Es
- ▪Centre sacks 47 NTA officials, tightens law to tackle paper leaksApart from the students, several elderly also extended their support to the young ones.
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Violent clashes broke out in Kolkata’s Esplanade area on Friday (July 24, 2026), leaving several people injured as police used tear gas and baton-charged protesters during a march demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Held in solidarity with the protests in Delhi, thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party and various Left-affiliated student organisations took to the streets, demanding Mr. Pradhan’s resignation, justice for students injured during the police action at Jantar Mantar earlier this week, and the immediate dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA).The march began at Sealdah railway station and drew students and people from different sections of society.
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