And that's an interesting precedent also from that point of view."Prime Minister Narendra Modi has built a reputation for refusing to budge under public pressure, making the education minister's announcement an even greater achievement.As one of the youngest populations in the world, India's youth vote forms a critical support base for the ruling party. With opposition parties disrupting parliament and echoing the protesters' demands, Professor Jaffrelot says this was a major test for the government."In the sense that the authority of the prime minister himself has been tested, has been somewhat eroded and now the idea that we are entering into the post-Modi phase, to some extent is materializing I think the style of the protest reflecting, reflected this fatigue with, well, someone who is of a completely different generation, in office for so many years, so many decades, in Gujarat, and then of course, in India