NDA sees a bit of Gen Z dissent at home

The daughters of an Assam minister from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a senior BJP MP from Odisha, and a former BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh. They are among those who may worry the BJP the most in the aftermath of the youth-led protests against exam paper leaks. As the ruling party grappled with mounting pressure last week to remove Dharmendra Pradhan as the Education Minister, one of the factors likely to have compelled it to accept the demand was that the heat had reached closer to home and a section of its own support base backed the protests.Among those who joined a demonstration in Guwahati on July 23 in support of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) dharna in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar was Assam Cabinet Minister and AGP leader Keshab Mahanta’s daughter Dibisa. On Saturday, the daughter of BJP