The precedent for current Indian student agitations was established in mid-2026 by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which organized a high-profile 37-day protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar over alleged paper leaks in the national medical entrance exam (NEET-UG). The movement ended after forcing major political concessions from the ruling BJP-led central government, including the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the withdrawal of legal cases against student protesters, and the initiation of formal dialogue on systemic examination reforms.

Soon after, student job aspirants in Jharkhand escalated state-wide protests under the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch. Demanding exam cancellations and an independent federal investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged paper leaks and OMR sheet tampering in state civil service tests, protesters organized hunger strikes, rallies, and Assembly marches. The state movement has resulted in police lathi-charges and arrests, generating intense political friction as the opposition BJP backs the student demands while the ruling state coalition (JMM-Congress) accuses external political actors of weaponizing student grievances.

Round 3: Economics

Info Slide: Instances of the state engaging in price discrimination to create additional income include, but are not limited to: charging premium prices to fast track bureaucratic processes (passport application) or permitting the building of additional floors on residential properties with a high tax.

Info Slide: For the purpose of this debate, "miniature optical capture technology" refers to image sensors and lens systems small enough to be integrated into handheld personal devices or concealed on a person (e.g., pocket cameras, wearable cameras, and smartphone camera modules).

You are Kim Taehyung, a mid-level North Korean civil servant living in Pyongyang with your wife and two young children. A seasoned defection broker has offered a two-stage extraction plan: smuggle you alone out of the DPRK through China to South Korea first, where you will use your state settlement grant and earnings to pay the broker network to extract your wife and children within 12 to 18 months.

Under DPRK law, unauthorized departure is classified as high treason. If intercepted during your escape, you face execution or life in a political prison camp. The DPRK also follows a 3-generation punishment system

You are Kim Taehyung, a mid-level North Korean civil servant living in Pyongyang with your wife and two young children. A seasoned defection broker has offered a two-stage extraction plan: smuggle you alone out of the DPRK through China to South Korea first, where you will use your state settlement grant and earnings to pay the broker network to extract your wife and children within 12 to 18 months.

Under DPRK law, unauthorized departure is classified as high treason. If intercepted during your escape, you face execution or life in a political prison camp. The DPRK also follows a 3-generation punishment system