Protests began after India's undergraduate medical entrance exam was cancelled due to leaks in May, affecting approximately two million students and linked to about a dozen reported suicides. Demonstrations, including actions by the Cockroach Janta Party that originated as online satire, have included marches toward parliament and clashes with police using tear gas and batons on July 20. Available reporting from two center-rated sources describes demands for the education minister's resignation amid broader issues of graduate expansion and job creation.