Hyderabad, July 20 -- Delhi's Jantar Mantar has, for nearly a month now, been witness to slogans, posters and hunger strikes. Leftist comrades, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists and Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk have been vigorously demanding answers from the government regarding the paper leaks in exams like NEET, the administrative failures of the education ministry and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Sharp questions are being asked in front of TV cameras, press conferences are being held and every effort is being made to portray the government as anti-education. But, as a Muslim observing this platform, a deep and painful question arises in the mind: will these protesters show the same zeal, aggres...