India youth protesters agree to end protests after talks with government
The government accepted demands to drop cases and compensate families after weeks of protests over exam leaks and irregularities, officials said.
- On Saturday, July 25, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after weeks of nationwide protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party, prompting demonstrators to celebrate in New Delhi as the government bowed to their demands.
- The movement emerged in May after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant compared unemployed youth to "cockroaches," with anger intensifying over NEET exam paper leaks that forced a re-sit for 2 million students.
- Union Minister J.P. Nadda and Minister of State Jitendra Singh agreed to drop police cases against protesters and provide $104,212 in compensation to families of students who died by suicide, according to CJP leaders.
- Following the agreement, authorities reopened Delhi Metro stations near the protest site while Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Pralhad Joshi, the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, to handle the Education Ministry.
- The resignation marks a rare political climbdown for Modi, representing only the third major policy reversal since 2014 and highlighting the unique vulnerability this youth-led movement created for the government.
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