印度Z世代组织的"蟑螂人民党"通过两个月的全国抗议、静坐和绝食运动，成功迫使教育部长达摩德拉·普拉丹辞职[1]。这场运动源于医学院入学考试试卷泄露事件，导致200万学生被迫重新参加考试，其中至少20名学生因此自杀[1]。普拉丹的继任者为普拉哈德·乔希[1]。
面对持续的社会压力，印度总理莫迪随后承诺采取一系列教育改革措施[1]。他宣布加快法院审判程序并推动《公共考试法》修订，拟将考试泄露罪行的最低监禁期从3年增至5年，罚款额度从1000万卢比增至5000万卢比[1]。此外，莫迪宣布由纳丹·尼勒卡尼主导的"高权力小组"推进考试制度改革[1]。抗议者表示此次部长辞职仅是"小步骤"，希望推动更大范围的教育改革[1]。
India's generation Z activists, organizing under the banner of the "Cockroach People's Party," have succeeded in compelling Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to step down following two months of nationwide demonstrations, sit-ins, and hunger strikes [1]. The campaign was triggered by a leaked medical entrance examination that forced approximately 2 million students to retake the test, an incident that resulted in at least 20 student suicides [1].
The protesters have signaled that Pradhan's resignation represents merely a preliminary victory in their broader agenda for educational reform [1]. Prime Minister Modi has responded by pledging to accelerate court proceedings and revise the Public Examination Act, which will increase the minimum prison sentence from three years to five years and raise fines from 10 million rupees to 50 million rupees [1]. Additionally, Modi announced the establishment of a "high-powered task force" led by Nandan Nilekani to spearhead reforms to the examination system [1].
The movement emerged against the backdrop of severe youth unemployment, with joblessness rates among Indians aged 15 to 25 reaching approximately 40 percent and 20 percent for those aged 25 to 29 [1]. Pradhan's successor, Pralhad Joshi, has assumed the position of Education Minister [1].