5 years after retreat on farm laws, Modi govt bends to a street protest: Why CJP succeeded, why Shaheen Bagh could not
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, 2026, following weeks of protests by the Cockroach Janta Party and pressure from the Congress-led Opposition.
This is the second time sustained street pressure has forced the Modi government to reverse course, after the 2021 repeal of three farm laws.
Pradhan's resignation breaks a doctrine held by PM Modi's government for nearly all of its 12 years in power.
The Cockroach Janta Party, founded by Abhijeet Dipke after comments by the Chief Justice of India in May 2026, galvanized Gen-Z and others against the government.
Unlike the 2020 Shaheen Bagh protests over CAA, which did not secure a ministerial resignation, the CJP succeeded in forcing Pradhan's exit.
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