Protesters celebrate resignation of India's education minister

The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called off its protest, hours after the resignation of India's education minister

India’s Education Minister Steps Down, Handing Win to Protesters

With Dharmendra Pradhan offering his resignation, the student protest movement achieved a major victory against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

By Anupreeta Das and Pranav Baskar

India’s education minister resigns after weeks of student protests

Dharmendra Pradhan’s departure was a key demand of the growing student movement

India's education minister resigns amid countrywide 'cockroach' protests

Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after weeks of protests that demanded his removal over alleged leaks in some of the country's most competitive entrance exams and irregularities in the education system.

Indian celebrities fiercely criticised for silence on Cockroach protests

Stars accused of ‘cowardice’ as hundreds of thousands of young Indians take to the streets to challenge government Bollywood stars and other Indian celebrities have faced fierce criticism this week for staying silent in the face of some of the biggest protests India has seen in years. Hundreds of thousands of young Indians took to the streets this week as part of a new youth movement that calls itself the Cockroach Janata party (CJP), demanding accountability over exam paper leaks in an unpre...

By Amrit Dhillon in Delhi

India's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?

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

By Diaa Hadid

‘We have done it’: Joy as ‘Cockroach’ protests push India minister out

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after youth-led protests over exam leaks rattle PM Modi's government.

Youth protesters celebrate after India's education minister resigns following exam leak scandal

India's education minister resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks and erupted in celebration on news of his departure.

India: Cockroaches end protest after education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns

India's Cockroach movement says it is ending its protests following talks with the government. That's hours after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation. Follow DW.

India’s education minister quits in major win for youth protesters

India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he quit ‌to take responsibility for examination paper leaks, and who erupted in celebration on news of his departure. “We have done it,” said Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party that led the protests, to loud cheers at the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi. India’s biggest street protests of recent years have become a political flashpoint, ⁠posing one of the...

By Reuters

Indian education minister resigns after mass protests over exam paper leaks

India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday he had resigned from his post following mass protests calling for his dismissal. Public trust in India's university testing system has been undermined by a series of exam irregularities, including the leaking of a medical entrance question paper that forced more than two million candidates to re-sit the test.

By FRANCE 24

Pralhad Joshi named new education minister; Prez Murmu accepts Pradhan's resignation

By TOI NEWS DESK

Dharmendra Pradhan resignation: AAP calls it victory for democracy, demands education reforms

The Aam Aadmi Party hails the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as a triumph for democracy, attributing it to relentless student protests.

Prahlad Joshi to take charge as education minister after Dharmendra Pradhan resigns

'Cockroach' To People's Movement: How The Student Protest Outgrew Founders

It ended where, in many ways, it had begun. Moments after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), thanked Chief Justice Surya Kant.

In pictures: Indian youth supporting Cockroach Janta Party celebrate education minister's resignation

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. Protesters continuing their sit-in at Jantar Mantar, a key protest site in New Delhi on a road leading to the Parliament House, and other parts of India erupted in joy after Pradhan’s announcement. They shouted “Jai Hind”, a patriotic slogan meaning “Victory to India”, as the national anthem played on ...

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Indian education minister resigns after mass protests

Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said he had resigned, handing a major victory to youth protesters nationwide who had demanded that he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks.

‘Betrayal’: The young victims of India’s exam leak scandal

The exam paper leak has fueled nationwide protests and public anger over an education system many students say is stacked against them.

Indian education minister resigns following nationwide youth protests

Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation on X on Saturday, (Jul 25) just as police fired tear gas to scatter young protesters in New Delhi, hours before their leaders were set to hold another round of talks with ministers.

India's education minister resigns after a week of protests over exam irregularities

Thousands of young people gathered this week demanding an overhaul of the education system and Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.

Giving (cautious) credit where credit is due

In the spirit of not simply passing judgement without the intent of fairness, it must be acknowledged that a serious effort seems to have been made in response to the civil service exam cheating scandal, one that allows for a level of optimism.

'The fear killed her': How an exam scandal in India sparked a student uprising

Her death and exam-related suicides fuelled mass protests demanding accountability from Modi's government

By Reuters

Modi's education minister resigns after youth protest pressure

India's education minister resigned Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he step down over examination paper leaks. The announcement sparked...

Indian education minister resigns after massive youth-led protests

India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on X.

India’s education minister bows to pressure, resigns after youth-led protests

India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns following widespread youth-led protests over exam irregularities. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) cal Read More: https://punchng.com/indias-education-minister-bows-to-pressure-resigns-after-youth-led-protests/

By Punch Newspapers

Modi’s education minister quits as jubilant Indian youth protesters claim victory

India's education minister resigned on ​Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters whose street protests over examination paper leaks had become a serious challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

By Emmanuel Tetteh

India education minister resigns after youth protest campaign

Dharmendra Pradhan, India's education minister, resigned on Saturday after weeks of nationwide student protests over examination paper leaks, marking the first major concession by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to the youth-led movement. Pradhan announced his decision in a post on X, saying he had submitted his resignation to the prime minister because he did not want "anti-national forces" to take advantage of the protests that had spread across the country.