‘Climate of fear has collapsed’: India’s protest victory signals trouble ahead for Modi

Narendra Modi's education minister has resigned, The Guardian reports, following India's largest mass uprising in the prime minister's twelve-year tenure. The protests have cracked the government's longtime control over media channels and reinvigorated opposition parties. The scale of these demonstrations points to potential trouble ahead for Modi as his carefully constructed climate of fear has collapsed.

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