India, July 20 -- Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, slammed the Narendra Modi government at the centre in his first reaction to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest march to the parliament on Monday, saying the students raising valid concerns were "dragged and beaten".

Accusing PM Modi of being "the most youth-hostile Prime Minister", Gandhi said the punishment for the alleged paper leaks was given to the students rather than the perpetrators.

"Prime Minister Modi is the most anti-youth Prime Minister in India's history-so youth-hostile that he can't even demand the resignation of a failed Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. 152 paper leaks. 7.5 crore students victimised. And not a single guilty person puni...