RaGa, INDIA bloc leaders, join protesting students

• Rahul Gandhi leads INDIA bloc MPs to Gandhi Smriti in Delhi
• Protesters aim to honour students who died after NEET paper leak
• Opposition vows to stand with students demanding accountability

The Opposition stepped up its protest over the NEET paper leak issue on Thursday, with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi leading a delegation of INDIA

bloc MPs to Gandhi Smriti on Tees January Marg in Delhi. As per the visuals, the lawmakers were seen boarding buses to the memorial, where the Opposition said it would pay tribute to students who allegedly died by suicide over the NEET paper leak controversy. "Right now, MPs and leaders of the INDIA alliance are peacefully heading to Gandhi Smriti on Tees January Marg. We are going there to remember the students we lost — the children who were driven to take their own lives after the NEET paper leak," Rahul Gandhi wrote in a post on X. "We go to stand with the students who lie injured today - beaten for peacefully demanding justice and accountability. India's students are not alone. The entire Opposition stands with them and their demands," the Congress leader added.

Rahul Gandhi informed that the Opposition leaders wanted to go to India Gate, but they were not allow to. "Now we wanted to go to 30 January Marg, but even there we are not allowed to go. We are trying to go there," he said, adding, "Our students are on the streets, so we believe MPs should be on the streets too."

As the Opposition leaders come together, heavy security was deployed outside the residence of Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Delhi.