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TrueFactlyFollowing Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Union Education Minister, a video (here, here & here) has gone viral on social media, purportedly showing him threatening to total
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Summary
The biggest news of the country today is that the Education Minister has resigned from his post. The people have been protesting at Jantar Mantar for the last 35 days.
From the report
"Who will pay attention to the city of the deaf and the deaf-blind? The atmosphere will listen and see when the chains will be broken." We are at the Jantar Mantar and the biggest news of the country today is that the Education Minister has resigned from his post. We have come here to cover this news and to urge the people's movement to protest. Those who have the flag in their hands, those who have the constitution, they can never be anti-nationalists. They love this country. Since the last 35 days, protests have been going on here. You must be watching all the updates that we are sending you through GIST. So let's go and show the reactions of the people of this protest. What are they saying about this protest? Come. Love sign from us, thank you for resigning. Thank you so much. We needed this, a small win for the country, I guess. - We are lucky I think. - The woman is waiting for us.
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The protesters, who are part of the CJP protest, claim that they were beaten up and their clothes were torn. They also claim that they were admitted to the hospital for two days. One of the protesters, who gave the NEET exam, claims that they couldn't bear the pressure and committed suicide. The protesters are demanding justice and are fighting for their rights.
“We have to fight till the last breath, till we are alive.”From the report
I have been given 12 sticks, 4 kilos of clothes in my back room, and my sister's clothes. I had taken out my underwear and made my sister wear it. So that when her clothes were torn, I could make her wear it. My phone and purse have also gone. I don't know how I will go by train. I have to go to Indore. How much does it cost for a ticket? For a ticket, if you go to the general, it will cost Rs. 160. There is no need to rush. You can take your ticket. We have a brother with us who asked us how we got the resignation. I told him that you guys were sitting here and the resignation was done. So he said it didn't happen as he had planned. After that, he said whatever he had said, you tell us how it happened. It happened like this. He had taken 12 sticks and he had his four nails cut in the back of his head. And he had his sister's clothes, he was in his underwear, he took out his shirt and made his sister drink it. So that when his clothes were torn, he could make her drink it. and kept on going to the hospital for 2 days. Some poor man was given this in his stomach and he was already drunk. Now imagine, these shirts that are being worn right now, they are not even theirs. And you were admitted to the hospital? Yes, I was admitted to the hospital for two days. Did you talk to your family? There was no one here. No one. That day, my phone and purse were gone. I don't know how I will …
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