This happened a day after his administration’s education minister resigned.
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The “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP), which gained popularity on social media, attracted thousands of demonstrators, mostly students, to the Jantar Mantar site in the capital, New Delhi. This became one of the largest protests against the Indian government in recent years.
N. Modi stated in a video posted on social network “X” that his administration “decided to establish a high-level task force,” to be led by Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Indian IT giant “Infosys,” “which will focus on exam reform.”
Weeks of protests over exam irregularities and other issues relevant to youth culminated in the education minister’s resignation on Saturday. The government also agreed to implement other important demands.
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On Sunday, dozens of utility workers washed the sidewalks on the road leading to the protest site. Activists had camped here for several weeks, and just hours earlier, the crowd had been singing protest songs, chanting slogans, and drawing biting graffiti.
“Our examination system must be reliable. Our examination system must be transparent. Our examination system must make maximum use of technology,” N. Modi added in the video message.
The Prime Minister stated that the government “will make every effort to ensure the reliability of future examinations as soon as possible.”
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