New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and various MPs from the DMK, will participate in a protest against the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft rules on February 6 (Thursday) in Delhi.

The DMK's student wing will be protesting against the UGC draft rules at 10 AM at Jantar Mantar in the national capital, joined by various INDIA bloc leaders.

Tamil Nadu Assembly also passed a resolution against the draft rules on January 9, urging their withdrawal of the draft rules.

Speaking in the Assembly, CM Stalin said, "This Assembly considers that the recent UGC draft rules should be taken back. They are an assault on the idea of federalism and they affect Tamil Nadu's higher edu...