India, July 23 -- Ananya Birla, entrepreneur and daughter of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, has reacted to the ongoing students' protests against the alleged NEET paper leak.

In a Instagram video, Ananya apologised for speaking out late and praised students for raising their voices peacefully. "My genuine respect goes out to everyone who has spoken up and protested peacefully. I think violence is not okay at all," she said.

"I'm really sorry that I'm late in speaking up. I should have done this much earlier. The youth of our country has given me the strength," she added.

Expressing faith in democratic institutions, she said that it was possible to believe in an institution while disagreeing with some of its actions. "I think that ...