Targeting students on the basis of language used to criticise PM Modi 'condemnable': AISA

The All India Students’ Association (AISA) has condemned the government for targeting students over the language they used to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar. The students’ group has also criticised the FIRs filed against the protesters, calling them "absurd."

The students’ group, in an official statement, said that the Delhi Police never filed a case against former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan after he called protesting students as “terrorists.”

“Similarly, hate-mongers including RSS-BJP leaders (including BJP MPs) targeted Muslims, Dalits, women, and the marginalized sections and protesting students in general calling them anti-national, terrorists, and other shameful slurs, but they were never targeted,” the statement by AISA read.

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The association further alleged that women who took part in the CJP protest , demanding reform in the education system, were facing rape threats, abuses, and heavy online trolling. However, none of them who targeted women were being questioned or facing charges.

“ Delhi Police personnel who use their lathis to assault women in their private parts, grope women, are still roaming free. They have never been filed criminal cases against,” it added.

The students’ group further stated that despite the BJP government’s assurance that it would not crack down on student protesters , the police were filing FIRs.

“The government is creating new methods of witchhunt against people who merely raised their voices and expressed their anger,” it said.

Therefore, AISA has appealed to the people of this country to stand with the students and demanded the government to “immediately” stop criminalizing students and be more tolerant.

On Thursday, Parliament passed the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 with stricter and heftier punishment for paper leak culprits.

It is an anti-paper leak bill, which provides a punishment of up to 10 years in jail and a fine from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 10 crore for paper leaks.