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New Delhi: India\u2019s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday resigned from his post, marking a major victory for the nationwide youth protest movement that had demanded he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Pradhan announced his resignation in a statement posted on X, saying he had submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid escalating protests across India.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsidering the situation that has developed at Jantar Mantar and across the country, I have sent my resignation to the honourable prime minister,\u201d Pradhan said in his statement.<\/p>\n
The announcement came 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 government ministers.<\/p>\n
The self-styled Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which has spearheaded the anti-government protests, welcomed the development, posting on its X account, \u201cCockroaches won.. Democracy won!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have done it,\u201d said CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke to loud cheers at the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis [resignation] is for them,\u201d he said, pointing towards a banner with the pictures of 20 students whom activists say took their lives following the exam leak.<\/p>\n
After a third round of talks between CJP leaders and ministers \u2014 held after Pradhan\u2019s announcement \u2014 the movement said the government had accepted \u201call\u201d its demands and called off the nationwide protests.<\/p>\n
Dipke had voiced other demands in his address at Jantar Mantar. \u201cWe are cockroaches. Once it enters, it does not leave,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n
Supporters of the \u201ccockroach\u201d movement had been protesting since June, but anger boiled over since police on Monday injured dozens of students, launching baton charges and firing tear gas to deter crowds of protesters marching on parliament.<\/p>\n
A post on CJP\u2019s X account after the talks with the government said it was agreed to provide the \u201cmaximum possible compensation for families of NEET paper leak-related suicides\u201d. It further said all cases against those involved in the protests will be withdrawn and no action will be taken. \u201cCJP\u2019s 5-point exam reform charter will be considered by the govt and the CJP will meet with the govt to discuss these reforms further,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
Pradhan announced his resignation before the third round of talks. The government held two rounds of talks with CJP leaders on Monday and Friday, but little headway was made initially, with the youth-led movement sticking to their demands. Among those was the demand that the families of all students who reportedly took their own lives should receive 10 million Indian rupees in compensation. Another was that action be taken against police officials involved in the July 20 crackdown on protesters and that all cases registered against students be withdrawn. The CJP had also called for a public apology from the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Delhi Police \u2014 a demand not mentioned in the movement\u2019s announcement later.<\/p>\n
Supporters of CJP, including the opposition Congress party, welcomed Pradhan\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n
Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who ended his 26-day hunger strike yesterday, hailed the resignation as a \u201cvictory of democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a victory of peace, patience & perseverance,\u201d he wrote, congratulating CJP and the Gen Z of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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