Indian politician, serving as Education Minister since 2021
The Cockroach Janta Party has risen from a satirical Instagram account to a mass youth movement with more than 22 million followers and has organised street protests in New Delhi demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign after repeated exam paper leaks and marking errors that have disrupted millions of students’ careers.
A series of reporting errors and marking controversies across international and national exam boards has exposed weaknesses in assessment systems. From IELTS marking breaches affecting tens of thousands to India’s CBSE marking discrepancies under a new digital system, students, educators, and regulators are demanding reforms and greater transparency.
Hundreds of students and supporters have been sleeping on streets in New Delhi and staging protests in multiple cities after India cancelled a national medical entrance exam over alleged paper leaks. The government has temporarily restricted Telegram and ordered platform limits ahead of a June 21 NEET re-test while investigators probe channels that sold or advertised leaked or fake papers.