India, July 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has posted on cricket, a Unesco heritage listing, Kargil Vijay Diwas and clips from his monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat' in the 24 hours since Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as education minister - but has said nothing about Pradhan or the resignation that ended the Cockroach Janta Party-led youth protest.

Pradhan announced his exit on X at 2.18 pm on July 25, taking responsibility for the NEET-UG paper leak in May, but insisting he was resigning so that "anti-national forces" wouldn't take advantage of the CJP protest; he also attacked the Opposition led by Rahul Gandhi, though not taking names.

In the 24 hours that followed, PM Modi made at least nine posts on his own X handle (@narendra...