India's Youth Protests Pose Biggest Challenge To Modi
The resignation followed weeks of protests over a leaked exam paper, youth unemployment and police crackdowns that spread across major Indian cities.
- On Saturday, Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after 36 days of student-led protests demanding accountability for the NEET question paper leak that forced nearly 2 million students to retake the exam.
- The NEET exam cancellation in May following a question paper leak triggered outrage after more than 20 students died by suicide; youth unemployment exceeding 16 percent broadened anger at government unaccountability.
- After Delhi police forcibly removed hunger-striking educator Sonam Wangchuk on July 18, a massive crackdown two days later backfired; videos of batons, tear gas and pellet guns spread rapidly online, swelling the protests.
- Alongside Pradhan's departure, the government agreed to provide maximum compensation to bereaved families and withdraw criminal cases against protesters; the Cockroach Janata Party announced calling off further protest action "in good faith."
- The resignation signals a rare retreat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which previously resisted public pressure during the 2021 farmer protests; youth comprise 30 percent of India's electorate, making student frustration over education and unemployment politically consequential.
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Arundhati Roy: ‘Does Modi know what was being said about him?’
“The question that I have in my mind,” said Arundhati Roy, strolling around Jantar Mantar on Monday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dropped his education minister to quell youth anger, “is that does Modi know what was being said about him or is he protected from it?”What began as a protest over an examination paper leak in May had turned into a raging storm last week after Delhi Police used lathis and pellets against youth protestors. …
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Times of India'Dharmendra Pradhan is symbol of corruption': Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi criticized the BJP for honoring Dharmendra Pradhan in Parliament. He stated Pradhan symbolizes corruption and India's ruined education system. Pradhan resigned following widespread protests over alleged examination paper leaks. The government introduced a bill to prevent unfair means in public examinations. Students are watching and will remember those involved in this controversy.
India's Gen Z: the generation Modi couldn't silence
You can kill a revolutionary but never kill the revolution. A revolutionary can be silenced, imprisoned or exiled but ideas have a remarkable ability to outlive those who champion them. Thousands of young protesters took to the streets of Delhi as part of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a movement demanding action over alleged exam paper […] The post India’s Gen Z: the generation Modi couldn’t silence appeared first on Asia Times.
India's cockroach protests expose cracks in Modi government
What started as outrage over leaked medical entrance exams turned into one of India's largest youth-led protest movements challenging India's prime minister. They call themselves the cockroaches after a top official compared jobless youth to the pests. Producer Zeba Warsi reports on how India's Gen Z took on one of the world's most powerful leaders.
The propaganda machinery of Prime Minister Narandra Modi has been shaken by the youth protests that have led to the removal of the Minister of Education The youth movement “Cucarachas” is vacating their protests after the resignation of the Indian Education Minister. A shout of joy is heard when the poster with Narendra Modi’s face is thrown to the ground in the center of New Deli. Then, the tramps arrive. “Trick, thief,” chants a crowd delivere…
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