India, July 23 -- Across the country, student protests have erupted demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The protest, launched by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) after the NEET (medical admissions exam) paper leak, gathered momentum with activist Sonam Wangchuk launching an indefinite fast. Later, over the weekend, it snowballed into a full-fledged movement after the government moved Wangchuk to a hospital, and came down hard on a protest march to the Parliament on Monday.

Amid this, in solidarity with the students, beauty content creator Ishita Mangal called out the organisers of India Couture Week for holding the fashion show amid protests and student unrest. India Couture Week 2026 is an FDCI initi...