India news: Police forcibly remove Rahul Gandhi from protest

Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of the main opposition Congress party have been dragged away by police from a rally outside PM Narendra Modi's residence, a day after dozens of youth protesters were arrested.

• Police forcibly remove Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders from a protest outside PM Narendra Modi's residence
• The protesters are calling for Modi and his home minister, Amit Shah, to step down over a police crackdown against protesters on Monday
• The mostly young protesters have been calling for the resignation of India's education minister over medical exam paper leaks
• Modi tells MPs from his ruling coalition that strong action was taken against those involved in the leaks
• Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke says protesters will not march to the parliament again to protest demonstrators against alleged 'police brutality' 
• The CJP vows to continue the protest until the education minister resigns
• Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 24 days in support of the CJP's demands, is moved to a private hospital

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