In the video, the Prime Minister appealed to society to forgive the youth for any abusive language usedRahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, targeted PM Modi over this, stating that students do not want an apology from the Prime Minister; instead, the PM owes them an apology.
Updated: August 1, 2026, 8:29 PM IST
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a video on social media late at night on July 31, 2026, in which he addressed the youthIn the video, the Prime Minister appealed to society to forgive the youth for any abusive language usedRahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, targeted PM Modi over this, stating that students do not want an apology from the Prime Minister; instead, the PM owes them an apology.
Rahul Gandhi’s post on X
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi wrote, “Nothing is more painful than seeing a parent grieve their childBehind every young life lost is a family carrying pain that will never leave them – and serious questions about a broken education systemLeaked papersCancelled examsYears of preparation destroyed overnightOur students are told to work honestly in a system that is not honest with themAnd the Prime Minister has the audacity to speak of “forgiving” studentsHe has not met a single grieving parentHe has not sat with a single student whose future was stolen by a leaked paperIndia’s students do not need his forgivenessThey are owed his apology.”
Nothing is more painful than seeing a parent grieve their child.
Behind every young life lost is a family carrying pain that will never leave them – and serious questions about a broken education system.
Leaked papersCancelled examsYears of preparation destroyed overnight.… pic.twitter.com/nzQE61zP14
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 1, 2026
India’s students do not need the PM’s apology – Rahul
Rahul Gandhi remarked that the Prime Minister even had the audacity to speak of “forgiving” the studentsHe noted that the PM has not met any grieving parents, nor has he met any student whose future was ruined due to a paper leakRahul Gandhi asserted that India’s students do not need his apology; rather, he owes them an apology.
Rahul Gandhi met the families of students who had died by suicide due to the NEET paper leakDuring these meetings, he offered them his condolencesHe met the families of the deceased students in Mahabalipuram.
What did PM Modi say?
In the video, Prime Minister Modi referred to the protests at Jantar Mantar and stated that he wished to forgive the young people for the abusive language usedHe remarked that such mistakes happen during youth and that these very mistakes provide an opportunity for learning and self-improvementPrime Minister Modi said, “The country and the world have witnessed what transpired at Jantar MantarSome mischievous children hurled vile abuses—abuses that ill-befit any civilized societyThey abused not only me but also my late mother; the nature of the abuse was truly appallingToday, I wish to speak about the fact that mistakes happen during childhood, and it is through these very mistakes that one gets the opportunity to improveThat is what childhood is all aboutI want to forgive them.”
