India’s education minister resigns amid Cockroach youth movement protests

Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal, in major victory for protestersIndia’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has resigned after a week of mass demonstrations, handing a major victory to a new youth movement that has posed an unprecedented challenge to Narendra Modi’s government.In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Pradhan said he had submitted his letter of resignation to the prime minister after student pressure. Continue reading...