India, July 26 -- The Telangana government will soon convene a special assembly session to pass a resolution urging the Union Government to lower the minimum age for contesting the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections to 21 years, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has said.

The existing age to contest elections is 25 years.

Addressing a candle light rally organised here on Saturday, July 25, over the NEET paper leak issue, the CM claimed that the Gen Z agitation defeated the "56-inch chest" (a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi) and forced Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to step down from his post.

"We will hold a special session of the assembly and legislative council in the first week of August. We will discuss in the ass...