Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns
Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns : The Complete Story of India's Biggest Student Movement in Years On the afternoon of 25th July 2026, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan posted a message on X announcing he had sent his resignation letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Within hours, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) — the youth movement that had spent a month demanding exactly this — declared victory and called off its agitation at Jantar Mantar "in good faith." This is the full story of how it got here: a satirical online movement that turned into one of India's largest youth-led protests in years, a 26-day hunger strike, a violent crackdown, court battles up to the Supreme Court , a wave of Gen Z memes that outran the news cycle, and finally, a resignation. Quick Timeline 6th–20th June 2026: CJP forms and begins protesting at Jantar Mantar over alleged NEET-UG paper leaks . 28th June: Sonam Wangchuk joins with an indefinite hunger strike. 18th July: ...