A Minister's Resignation, Read as a Warning: What the CJP Protests Reveal About India's Opposition Space
Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister in July 2026 after weeks of escalating youth-led protests at Jantar Mantar over examination irregularities, forcing a national debate on whether India's institutional opposition space is shrinking. An editorial analyzes how the success of the youth-led CJP protests, which forced the Education Minister's resignation, exposes the fragility of India's institutional…