What Kolkata witnessed on July 24, 2026, was no simple organised rally—it was an overwhelming, unstoppable deluge of student fury. This was no sponsored crowd, nor a mob dragged in by force—it was, in the truest sense, a human ocean. Echoing the roar of Jantar Mantar, they called for the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the abolition of the National Testing Agency. Taking full responsibility for all of this, the Education Minister must step down." Despite securing bail for the arrestees and the subsequent resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan under sustained national pressure, student organizations have refused to back down.