Explainer: What started India’s ‘cockroach’ protests that forced education minister to quit

About 2 million students across India took the exam on May 3, but it was later scrapped, with more than a dozen student suicides linked to its cancellation.

India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan quit on Saturday after days of sustained public protests demanding his resignation for examination paper leaks in May that affected about 2 million students.