The Indian government has formed a new task force to enact education reforms after mass protests by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) forced the resignation of a government minister.
Dharmendra Pradhan finally stepped down from his post as education minister on 25 July after weeks of CJP demonstrations, which were one of the largest citizen-led protests to have shaken India in recent times.
The resignation of Pradhan was one of the central demands of the CJP movement, which emerged following the leak of a medical college entrance exam in May that led to the millions of prospective students having to resit the test.
Pradhan announced his resignation on X, repeating that he “deeply respected the aspirations, dreams, and expectations” of Indian young people. He said that he was troubled by the demonstrations throughout the country in recent weeks.
Pralhad Joshi has been appointed the new Minister for Education. Joshi also serves as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
