"The bottom line is we have won, your struggle, hard work and patience have paid off," Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka told cheering crowds at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, urging them to withdraw peacefully.

A ministerial resignation has fulfilled one of the key demands of a large protest movement that has swept India in recent months.

Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office