Congress MP Shashi Tharoor during the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on July 20, 2026. Today, it is not about him, it is a whole generation of young Indians, and Gen Z... However, he admitted that one resignation "cannot ease the anxiety, uncertainty and hardships that millions of young Indians have endured". In another post on X, Shashi Tharoor added that the resignation of the Education Minister is an "acknowledgment that accountability in a democracy cannot be indefinitely evaded". It also comes after far too many young Indians faced unnecessary police brutality and force for exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest.