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India’s education minister resigns after weeks of ‘Cockroach’ protests

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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoProtesters hold placards of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during a protest in Mumbai on June 2, 2026 [Indranil Mukherjee/AFP]Published On 25 Jul 202625 Jul 2026India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned following weeks of youth protests over a series of examination paper leaks.

“I have sent my resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Pradhan said on Saturday.

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