India’s education minister resigns amid Cockroach youth movement protests

Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal, in major victory for protesters

India’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.