Delhi Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Targeted by Student Protests

Student groups in Delhi staged demonstrations demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, highlighting grievances over the education system. The protests culminated in a march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament on July 20, which turned violent. In response, the Delhi Police compiled dossiers on 216 individuals suspected of involvement and distributed them to district police units across the capital for verification, using CCTV footage, social‑media videos, mobile‑location data and facial‑recognition tools.

Western media coverage heavily emphasized the Delhi protests while largely overlooking simultaneous anti‑government unrest in Pakistan‑administered Kashmir, where demonstrators faced high taxes, electricity‑tariff hikes and police crackdowns. This disparity in reporting was noted by media watchdogs as an editorial imbalance in covering South Asian dissent.