Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Education Minister on Saturday after 36 days of relentless protests by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical student-led movement sparked by the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak.
The government caved on three demands: Pradhan's ouster, Rs 1 crore compensation for families of students who died by suicide, and quashing of FIRs against protesters.
Pralhad Joshi was swiftly named the new Education Minister, inheriting a ministry...