He also alleged that around 1.90 crore young people in Madhya Pradesh were struggling with unemployment and claimed the BJP government had failed to present a concrete plan to address the problem.
Later in the day, Patwari joined students protesting at Indore’s Bhanwarkuan intersection over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination.
Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh also addressed the gathering, alleging that corruption had permeated the country’s education system and claiming that question paper leaks had become an organised business.
Holding the Narendra Modi government responsible for the situation, Singh renewed the Opposition’s demand for the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
“If the education minister had resigned earlier, the student movement would not have escalated so rapidly,” Singh said.
Singh also appealed to climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike over examination reforms and accountability, to end his fast, saying the country still needed his leadership and contribution.
With IANS inputs
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