Modi's education minister quits as Indian protesters claim victory

Protest hub has turned into a scene of celebration. That's as India's education minister Tamandra Pratam resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters. They had demanded the minister take responsibility over exam paper leaks of the high-profile medical college entrance test in May. It's led to the cancellation of results and the government ordering a retest. Affecting two million young people. Abhijit Dipke, founder of the cockroach junta party, dedicated the victory to the students who died by suicide. Hours after the minister's resignation, that we withdraw the agitation, a spokesperson of the cockroach movement announced the end of his protests, under the agreement that the government will not take action against any protesters. This has never happened. South Asia chief correspondent Aftab Ahmed explains the significance of the minister's departure. We haven't seen Prime Minister Narendra Modi bending like this so quickly ever in the past. This is quite unexpected. Even if he had to make a change, he would cover it up with, say, doing a whole cabinet reshuffle or things like that. In a post on X, Pratam said he doesn't want, quote, anti-national forces to take advantage of the situation. India's biggest street protests in recent years had become a major problem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Some opposition politicians voiced support for the youths and disrupted parliamentary proceedings. Scenes of unprecedented protests and police use of tear gas to control protesters had also fueled public anger, though authorities defended their actions, saying they were only ensuring law and order.