In his first public comments on the exam scandals that have fueled weeks-long demonstrations by the Cockroach Janta Party youth group, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to establish specialized courts that would bypass ordinary courts' more burdensome processes to prosecute those allegedly involved in leaking exam papers and ensure they face "swift and stringent punishment," Reuters reported on July 23. Youth protesters and opposition political parties quickly rejected the proposal and sustained their demand for the education minister to resign, with one Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson arguing that "fast-track" courts alone would not resolve the underlying drivers behind such scandals.