Priyanka Gandhi in Lok Sabha: 'Change angle of heart, not cameras' to win Gen Z
Congress Member of Parliament Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a Lok Sabha debate on the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026. She stated that altering camera angles in videos would not appeal to Generation Z, who she claimed can readily identify falsehoods.
“If you want to win over the Gen Z, then making videos with different camera angles will not help. The Prime Minister needs to change the angle of his heart, not the angle of cameras,” Ms. Vadra said during her address.
She urged the government to take concrete steps in collaboration with stakeholders to establish a new education system, asserting that youth have faced injustice under the current administration. “Injustice has been done with youths under your government, accept the truth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must take responsibility,” she added.
Ms. Vadra also questioned the use of force against protesting students, demanding answers from Mr. Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah about who authorised the use of pellet guns and AK-47 rifles. “Every 'lathi' blow on any boy or girl, hit the government's prestige more than the back of students,” she said, adding that students can be removed from streets but not their questions.
In her speech, Ms. Vadra claimed that the examination system has failed, citing 152 paper leaks in the last decade with no punishment for those responsible. “Not one mafia has been punished,” she said.
There was a brief disruption in the House when Ms. Vadra commented on the new Education Minister Pralhad Joshi.
The debate on the anti-paper leak bill began after a week-long logjam. Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, described the bill as a reaffirmation of the government's commitment to safeguard students and the youth. He noted that the Modi government had completed the unaccomplished task of bringing a law to prevent examination malpractices, first introduced in 2024.
