Founder of the Azad Samaj Party Chandra Shekhar Azad. | Photo credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) President and Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Nagina constituency Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Tuesday (July 21, 2026) continued his protest at Parliament House in support of students over the alleged paper leak issue demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Talking to HinduMr Azad, who was present at the night protest near the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar in Parliament House, expressing solidarity with students protesting against alleged irregularities in the examination system, said: “The brutality that children and girls were subjected to at Jantar Mantar today shocked me deeply. I did not witness the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, but the scenes that unfolded today definitely reminded me of this dark chapter history.In a democracy, peaceful expression of one’s views is a constitutional right. If this right is violated by force, it will be an attack not only on a few people, but also on democratic values. With this pain and determination to defend democratic values, I yesterday started a sit-in under the statue of revered Baba Saheb B.R. in the Parliament House complex.
“My peaceful democratic struggle will continue until justice is ensured and appropriate action is taken against those responsible for this incident. I demand the government to open a dialogue with the students and address their grievances,” Mr Azad said.
Mr Azad’s sit-in received support from other leaders, including Hanuman Beniwal, a Lok Sabha member from Nagaur in Rajasthan who heads the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), who expressed solidarity. “Yesterday, after the indictment of young colleagues on the instructions of the government in Delhi, Mr. Azad is sitting on dharna in front of the statue of Constitution maker Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ji Ambedkar at Parliament House, demanding justice. Today I also met him. Lok Sabha MP from Banswara, Rajasthan Rajkumar G Roath was also present on the occasion. The Union Government will have to answer the country for every blow dealt to the youth; dictatorship is unacceptable in a democracy,” Mr. Beniwal wrote on X.
Published – Jul 22, 2026 09:29 EST.