Modi seeks amnesty for students after India exam-leak protests
Why it matters: The appeal follows a crisis that forced a retest for 2 million students and helped drive the education minister from office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged authorities and the public not to pursue punishment or court cases against student protesters who insulted him during July demonstrations over leaked national exam papers. In a video posted Friday, Modi said young people should be guided rather than dragged through courts, even after some used abusive language toward him and his late mother. The protests became the biggest political crisis of his third term, with clashes in New Delhi and other cities after the paper leak forced a retest for 2 million students. Authorities had filed cases against hundreds of demonstrators, while police also asked Meta and X to remove content they called abusive or manipulated.