India: Cockroach Junta Party protests continue across India, demanding education minister step down.

SHOTLIST: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JULY 24, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNERS AND CHANTING SLOGANS NEW DELHI, INDIA - JULY 24, 2026: Hundreds of protesters staged a demonstration in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar area on Friday, July 24, demanding the resignation of the education minister over allegations of exam paper leaks. The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party is a popular online movement that emerged in response to controversial comments made by Chief Justice Surya Kant, who compared unemployed young people to cockroaches. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that those responsible for exam paper leaks that sparked mass protests have been punished. The statement came after a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling National Democratic Alliance, as protests rocked the capital New Delhi. A re-examination for an undergraduate medical program was recently held following an exam paper leak. “The prime minister said that the government acted immediately after reports of the paper leak surfaced, and 13 people were arrested and sent to jail,” Federal Minister Kiren Rijiju said. Modi said strict steps “have been taken to prevent such paper leaks in the future,” he added. In Monday’s clashes, about 118 security personnel and 60 protesters were injured. The protest continued Tuesday in Jantar Mantar, a locality that has become a hub for such demonstrations, with party leaders saying the protests will continue until the education minister resigns. Taking aim at the government, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi wrote on the US social media platform X: “The opposition will not let this be buried. We will ensure that the students’ voice will be heard on the streets and in Parliament.” Mobile internet services were also suspended within a 1.5-kilometer (0.93-mile) radius of Jantar Mantar, on Thursday until midnight, according to The Indian Express. The Home Affairs Ministry said the suspension was ordered “in the interest of public safety and averting public emergency” and to prevent “incitement to the commission of any offence.”