Hundreds join protest led by India’s viral ‘Cockroach Party’
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Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the viral Cockroach Janta Party—a satirical online youth movement named as a parody of Prime Minister Modi's BJP—returned to India from the United States to lead the movement's first street protest in New Delhi on June 6. The demonstration at Jantar Mantar channeled weeks of social media activism into direct action, with protesters demanding the education minister's resignation over exam irregularities while highlighting broader grievances about inflation and unemployment. The protest marked the transformation of a massive online youth campaign into offline political mobilization.
The protesters called for the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who has faced criticism over irregularities, including question paper leaks. ...