The resignation of India’s Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on 25 July brought an abrupt end to the student-led protests over the NEET-UG 2026 exam paper leak. The protesters’ central demand was that someone at the top take responsibility. After weeks of demonstrations at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, led chiefly by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), that demand was met by the government. Pradhan resigned, protest leaders declared victory, and a confrontation that had appeared to be escalating ended through political concession rather than a prolonged standoff. Yet the significance of the episode lies less in its outcome than in the…
Author: Md. Abrar Galib
Md. Abrar Galib
Md. Abrar Galib is a student of Economics at the University of Chittagong with a writing interest in politics, governance and human rights. He can be reached at m.abrar.1307@gmail.com.