New Delhi, July 23 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday praised the youth for their courage during the ongoing protest over the NEET exam paper leak, saying their resistance against police action had "awakened the whole country".

He shared a video and lauded the youth for facing police action, including the use of batons and tear gas shells, during the protest.

In a post on X, Kejriwal said, "First of all, I salute Gen Z; I salute the youth of my country. The way you have faced the police, the sticks, the tear gas balls in this cockroach movement, this is not a small thing. The country was asleep. People were asleep. People were scared. The Modi government had scared people. Look at these three videos. ...