India education minister announces resignation after countrywide protests

• ▪Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters celebrate the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 25, 2026.
• ▪SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, July 25, after mass youth-led protests demanded his ouster in anger over a string of irregularities in potentially life-changing exams.
• ▪Pradhan's announcement, in a post on X, marks the first major concession from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over the nationwide demonstrations, sit-ins and hunger strikes organized by the "Cockroach" movement.

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• ▪ India's education minister resigns after weeks of student-led protests — ABC News — International
• ▪ ‘Cockroaches won’: India’s education minister resigns amid massive youth protests — NBC News — Top
• ▪ India’s education minister resigns after weeks of student protests — Financial Times — Home
• ▪ Indian education minister resigns after protests — ABC News (Australia)
• ▪ Indian education minister resigns after massive youth-led protests — Nation Africa
• ▪ Indian education minister resigns following nationwide youth protests — Channel NewsAsia
• ▪ Indian education minister resigns after mass protests over exam paper leaks — France 24 (EN)
• ▪ India's education minister resigns after youth protests - Reuters — "site:reuters.com" - Google News

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