He questioned the appointment of another person associated with the RSS to head the Union education ministry, alleging that the Centre was promoting ideological influence in the education system instead of appointing a secular representative from the NDA alliance. Ramakrishna demanded the immediate withdrawal of cases registered against students who participated in protests. The CPI leader reiterated his demand for the abolition of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the withdrawal of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, alleging that the policy weakens public education and promotes commercialization and ideological influence. He added that 249 of the 608 mandals had been severely affected, while nearly half the cultivable area remained unsown. CPI state secretariat member P Harinath Reddy was also present at the press conference.