Opp: Govt not serious about education, students compelled to hit the streets

5 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 02:44 AM IST Congress’s Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi. (Express Photo)THE OPPOSITION on Tuesday attacked the government over paper leaks and the crackdown on students’ protest in the Capital last week, with Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi saying that students were compelled to take to the streets as the Centre “is not serious about education”. Initiating the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Gogoi said despite an existing law, question paper leaks of public examinations have continued, and the law has proved to be a failure.The Congress leader said merely enhancing punishment and penalties will not curb paper leaks unless the education system is comprehensively chan