All India Students Association & Narendra Modi

All India Students Association: Members continued hunger strike; health deteriorated.

Narendra Modi: Prime Minister; criticized by opposition for silence. CJP called for his resignation.

All India Students Association: The student organisation was active in the protests and its leaders were arrested.

Narendra Modi: As Prime Minister, Modi faced the biggest political challenge of his third term. He announced the anti-paper leak bill and a high-powered task force, and welcomed the bill's passage, vowing to crack down on paper leak mafias.

All India Students Association: Student organization; members joined hunger strike.

Narendra Modi: Prime Minister; criticized for silence on the issue by protesters.

All India Students Association: Leftist student group that ended hunger strike alongside Wangchuk.

Narendra Modi: Prime Minister who announced fast-track courts for paper leaks but has not addressed the demand for Pradhan's resignation; the protests pose a challenge to his government.