Asad Condemns Use of NSA Against Students
Owaisi also accused the government of failing to engage with students and refusing to accept responsibility for the crisis.
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday strongly condemned the alleged use of the National Security Act (NSA) against students, accusing the government of treating youths as threats to national security for protesting against the question paper leaks in the NEET and competitive exams. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and not Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan alone, should be held accountable.
In a post on X, Owaisi said: “A Draconian Act will be used to Quell the protests against the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar. NSA allows the govt to throw you in jail for months without any “appeal, vakeel or daleel.” The youth are not a threat to national security. A lazy and arrogant govt is,” he noted. “Not Dharmendra Pradhan but the so-called non-biological Pradhan Sevak must answer to the youth,” in a veiled reference to the Prime Minister.
Owaisi also accused the government of failing to engage with students and refusing to accept responsibility for the crisis. “You call young children and make them sit at home for two hours. You don’t talk to them, you humiliate them. You should learn to talk to them. Everything is happening because of you, the government,” Owaisi said.
