New Delhi, July 21 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the country's examination and testing system had been "hollowed out by termites" and criticised the police action during the CJP protest in New Delhi on Monday.

Speaking to reporters at Parliament, Gandhi said the CJP's protest was aimed at highlighting the failure of the education and examination system.

"These youth are protesting about the education system and the testing system. The entire country knows the education system and testing system are broken; it has ceased to exist. The testing system has been hollowed out by termites. That is all they are saying. We have been saying it too--I have been giving presentation after presentation ...