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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.

The social media-driven Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) spearheaded student protests that broke out in response to exam paper leaks, and is seeking systemic reforms in the education system.

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00:03India's Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, resigned on Saturday, following mass, youth-led
00:09protests demanding his ouster over irregularities in potentially life-changing examinations.
00:16Pradhan said he had submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:20The social media-driven cockroach Janata Party spearheaded student protests over examination
00:26paper leaks and is calling for systemic reforms to India's education system.
00:31It's a victory for the constitution of India, it's a victory for the people of India and
00:37it's a defeat for the dictator.
00:40The government held two rounds of talks with CJP leaders last Monday and Friday, but made
00:46little progress as the youth-led movement maintained its demands.
00:50Pradhan announced his resignation before the much-anticipated third round of talks.
00:54Now that you will remember that your work is accountability.
01:00In the first 12 years, the BJP government has taken a state of government.
01:05This is a very big statement to you that there is a change of time.
01:12I don't want to say change for the government.
01:30India appointed Pralhad Joshi as education minister following Pradhan's resignation.
01:37Joshi, who already serves as a cabinet minister, will retain his existing portfolios while taking
01:43on the education ministry.
01:45The protests have become a major political crisis of Modi's third term, following leaked
01:51national exam papers that forced a re-sit affecting two million students and fueled wider anger
01:57over limited opportunities for young Indians.
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