India, July 27 -- The Congress on Sunday announced a legal-support helpline for students facing police or administrative action over their participation in youth-led protests over the NEET-UG paper leak and related issues, with activist Gurmehar Kaur, who works with its youth wing, sharing details.

"We unequivocally condemn all the attacks on students. The Modi government had promised during the negotiations that no student would be picked up and that there would be no police action against them," the party posted along with a video of the press conference, referring to the Cockroach Janta Party's protest that ended after senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as education minister in Narendra Modi's cabinet.

"But today, there is...