How India’s Gen-Z protesters taught Narendra Modi a lesson
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The old quip was on fierce display in India over the past week.On July 20, tens of thousands of students marched on parliament from Jantar Mantar, a famed protest site in the heart of New Delhi. Their demand: the resignation of the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, for failing to protect the integrity of national medical school entrance exams in May. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government sent emissaries to talk with the putative leaders of the protests, the Cockroach Janata Party, which began as a satirical online meme two months ago.
- ▪The old quip was on fierce display in India over the past week.On July 20, tens of thousands of students marched on parliament from Jantar Mantar, a famed protest site in the heart of New Delhi.
- ▪Their demand: the resignation of the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, for failing to protect the integrity of national medical school entrance exams in May.
- ▪The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government sent emissaries to talk with the putative leaders of the protests, the Cockroach Janata Party, which began as a satirical online meme two months ago.
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- ▪ The Cockroach Effect: Modi vs India’s Gen Z — Al Jazeera English
- ▪ Narendra Modi caves to India’s Gen Z — Latest Updates
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Open this photo in gallery:Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters celebrate after the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exam paper leaks, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on July 25.Priyanshu Singh/ReutersShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountSanjay Ruparelia is the Jarislowsky Democracy Chair at Toronto Metropolitan University, and senior fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada A week is a long time in politics: events catch governments by surprise. The old quip was on fierce display in India over the past week.On July 20, tens of thousands of students marched on parliament from Jantar Mantar, a famed protest site in the heart of New Delhi.
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