After days-long student protests over NEET paper leaks, led by the Cockroach Janta Party, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tendered his resignation earlier this Saturday. Several people on social media welcomed the news, including actors and directors across industries.

Priyanka Chopra shared the news on her Instagram Stories space and responded with a clapping hands emoticon, similar to how vocal student protest supporter Sonakshi Sinha did. Priyanka also shared educationist Sonam Wangchuk's reaction to the news, where he embraced it with an image featuring him giving a victory sign.

Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan wrote, "Vox Populi," suggesting that the minister's resignation is people's victory.

On the other hand, actor Anna Ben shared the news on her Instagram Stories and wrote, "The people did it," alongside some fire emoticons. Aparna Balamurali shared a flexed biceps emoticon alongside an India flag to convey that the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan has come as a result of the country's youth showing their strengths through their protest. Aparna shared the emoticon in a post where she also tagged Travis Knapp's song, 'Democracy'. The song has the line, "Show me what democracy looks like."

Many are celebrating Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation as a victory of democracy over authoritarianism.

Meanwhile, actor Tovino Thomas shared the image of a fist with India's flag painted on it and wrote, "Jai Hind!" Tovino also shared Murali Gopy's post where he quoted historian Howard Zinn. "Patriotism is not obedience to government. Patriotism is obedience to the principles for which government is supposed to stand," reads the quote. Sharing the quote, writer-actor Murali Gopy shared victory signs, suggesting it to be his response to the education minister's resignation.