Friday, 28 Aug 2020 07:21 PM MYT
MUMBAI, Aug 28 — Hundreds of masked protesters demonstrated in major Indian cities today against a government plan to hold exams for millions of students during the coronavirus pandemic, as the daily tally of infections hit a record. “Stop the exam during the pandemic,” read one placard carried by protesters in the eastern city of Kolkata, while others scuffled briefly with police in the western industrial city of Ahmedabad.
“It’s important that the government listens to students,” Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the opposition Congress party, said in a video on social media, as he urged no compromises on the safety of students.But some students want another delay, for fear of rising infections as well as difficulty travelling to exam centers because of virus-linked curbs on transport and lockdowns in some places.