Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after weeks of protests over leaks of exam materials. This marks the first major concession by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to the movement referred to as the "cockroach movement," which demanded political accountability for the education scandal. aktuality.sk ↗
Pradhan announced that he had asked the prime minister to release him from his post. The protests were triggered primarily by irregularities in the medical school entrance exam and suspicions that exam questions had been leaked in advance. Demonstrators gathered mainly in New Delhi, where thousands of people repeatedly assembled despite police interventions. According to police, nearly 180 people were injured in earlier clashes. svet.sme.sk ↗
Before the minister's resignation, Modi had promised harsh punishments for people involved in the exam fraud, and the government sought a way to open talks with representatives of the protest movement. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, following the crackdown on students, called on the prime minister to resign and linked the crisis to the government's attitude toward young people. The movement also gained support beyond the student protests, including from activist Sonam Wangchuk, who held a hunger strike for more than 25 days. dennikn.sk ↗
The minister's resignation shifts the dispute from a campaign for his removal into a broader debate about reforming India's education system. Further developments will depend on whether the government can restore trust in the exam system and whether the protest movement can maintain pressure for further changes. HVG ↗
Indian education minister resigns after student protests
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