New Delhi (AFP) – India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after mass youth-led protests demanded his ouster in anger over a string of irregularities in potentially life-changing exams.
Issued on: 25/07/2026 - 15:58
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters celebrate the resignation of India's Education Minister © Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Thousands of young people gathered in the capital and in other parts of the country this week, under the banner of the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demanding an overhaul of the education system and Pradhan's resignation."I am pained to see the events of the past 10 days. This is not a matter of personal prestige for me," Pradhan said in a statement posted on social media platform X."I have sent my resignation letter to the prime minister," Pradhan said in his letter in Hindi.The CJP said after Pradhan's resignation that all their demands had been met in another round of talks and that they were calling off the protests that were centred on the Jantar Mantar demonstration site in central New Delhi.Police had fired tear gas and charged with batons at protesters as they tried to march from the site to parliament this week.
