India's Education Minister Quits After Student Protests — Unprecedented Under Modi

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan quit on July 25, 2026, after roughly a week of youth protests across India. The unrest was sparked by leaked exam papers that hit millions of students and led to more than a dozen suicides. Pradhan told Modi he resigned so "anti-national forces do not take advantage." No minister has quit under protest pressure in Modi's 12 years in power.