# Tushar Gandhi asks Kerala to drop student protest cases 2026-08-08T04:43:38+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Hindu reports that Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and president of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, has urged the Kerala government to quash all chargesheets and cases filed against students who protested in solidarity with a nationwide student movement. In a letter to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday, he called the prosecutions disgraceful for a Congress-led government, especially when national Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have backed the protests. Mr. Gandhi said the state should follow the Congress’s national leadership and drop every FIR and case, regardless of the students’ political affiliations. He appealed for immediate corrective action and asked the government to avoid such blunders in future. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: Congress, FIR quashing, Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, student protests, Tushar Gandhi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/tushar-gandhi-asks-kerala-to-drop-student-protest-cases/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/tushar-gandhi-asks-kerala-to-drop-student-protest-cases/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.