India's 'cockroach' protest called off after education minister quits

India's 'cockroach' protest called off after education minister quitsTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Protesters celebrate India's education minister resignationByGeeta Pandey, Yogita Limaye, International correspondent and Vikas Pandey, India digital editor, Reporting fromDelhiPublished13 minutes agoIndia's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called off its five-week-long protest, hours after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.The CJP has called it a win for democracy and thousands of jubilant supporters continue to celebrate at Jantar Mantar, the main protest venue in Delhi.An online satirical campaign with an AI-generated cockroach as its mascot, the CJP is not a real party but has evolved into a powerful platform for young people's anxieties and dissent.The protest has been the most visible expression of public anger against PM Narendra Modi's government in recent years and gained momentum after Monday's police crackdown on people marching to parliament left dozens injured. Image source, ReutersImage caption, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has called Pradhan's resignation a win for democracyPradhan announced his resignation on X in a post in Hindi saying he "respected the aspirations, dreams, and expectations of the youth" and was "pained by the events" of the past few days."Considering the situation at Jantar Mantar and across the country - with the aim of preventing anti-national forces from exploiting it, preserving national unity, ensuring that not a single Indian student's future gets entangled in legal complexities, and allowing our children to devote their time to studies and focus on building their careers - I have submitted my resignation to the prime minister," he wrote.As news of Pradhan's resignation broke, a visibly emotional Abhijeet Dipke, CJP's founder, screamed from the m...