India, July 25 -- Reacting to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests now on for about 50 days, the BJP-led NDA government proposed significantly tightening India's anti-paper leak law. The planned legislation seeks to double prison terms for several offences, raise fines up to Rs.10 crore, and mandate timelines for investigations and trials.

While the CJP and the Congress-led Opposition succeeded in forcing the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leaks and other issues, the Centre was already seeking to counter and assuage the youth movement with this legal framework plan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a video message earlier this week, had said those who "play with the future of the youth" wo...