Overview
- Thousands of students led by the Cockroach Janta Party tried to march to Parliament on Monday, July 20, and were blocked by police who used barricades, tear gas and baton charges, producing clashes and dozens of injuries.
- On Thursday, July 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged fast-track courts for exam paper‑leak cases and ministers said 13 people have been arrested in the probe.
- The CJP rejected government offers to meet at ministers’ offices, declined a meeting at JP Nadda’s residence and called nationwide district-level protests for July 24 while insisting that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must resign first.
- Central Delhi remains on high alert with multiple metro stations temporarily closed, mobile restrictions and heavy barricading, and protesters and police give sharply different accounts about alleged excessive force used during crowd control.
- The unrest reflects wider public anger over repeated exam irregularities that forced large re‑exams, tragic student deaths blamed on the crisis, and growing political polarisation as Opposition MPs join protests and Parliament remains stalled.