India's cockroach movement ends protests
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From 'cockroach' to a people's movement: How a student protest grew beyond its founders
New Delhi | It ended where, in many ways, it had begun. Moments after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), thanked Chief Justice Surya Kant.
Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of India’s capital New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength for a movement that has become one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
What began with an exam leak scandal in May has grown into a much wider campaign over government accountability. Here’s how the youth-led movement unfolded.
Supporters across India are sustaining the country's “Cockroach” movement by ordering meals through online food delivery apps for protesters in the capital.