Bandh call to shut educational institutes in Telangana on July 24

Student organizations at Keshava Memorial College, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad, during ‘Vidyarthi Rashtra Bandh’ convened by SFI, AISF, NSUI, PDSU, AIFDS, AIPSU and AISB, 24 July 2026 | Photo credit: RAMAKRISHNA G

Many educational institutes in Telangana are closed on Friday (July 24, 2026) following a call by Left-affiliated student unions demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, fair compensation to affected students and others.

As part of the bandh, members of SFI-AISF-NSUI-PDSU-AIFDS-AIPSE-AISB organized a student rally from Narayanguda to Y junction in Hyderabad in the morning.

Many schools in the city were closed in response to the call. Osmania University has postponed all examinations scheduled for Friday.

People marked student organization handles with X’s and posted the names of private schools that opened on Friday.

Apart from left-affiliated student organisations, the student wing of the BRSV Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) organized a protest against the repression of Delhi students and youth in the city. Young people were seen holding placards at the protest site

Youths were seen at the site of a protest organized by BRSV at Hyderabad’s Indira Park on Friday (July 24, 2026), which condemned the crackdown on students and youth in Delhi. | Video Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G

Published – 24 Jul 2026 11:17 IST