India's youth-led 'cockroach' protests expose cracks in Modi's government

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25 after 50 days of youth-led protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The movement, known as the cockroach protests, began due to outrage over leaked medical entrance exams. Protesters adopted the name after a top official compared jobless youth to pests. This Gen Z movement challenged Prime Minister Modi's government, exposing internal cracks through one of India's largest youth-led demonstrations against the country's powerful leadership and educational system.