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India's Gen Z 'Cockroach People's Party' started as satire but is serious about change

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Omkar Khandekar
India's Gen Z 'Cockroach People's Party' started as satire but is serious about change
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A youth-led movement in India known as the 'Cockroach People's Party' is staging major protests against the government, demanding education reform and addressing high youth unemployment. While the government has labeled them as disruptive, recent meetings between protest leaders and officials suggest a potential shift in engagement.

NEW DELHI — Thousands of protesters marched to India's Parliament on Monday, facing a police crackdown as the demonstrators demanded the resignation of the country's education minister, in one of the biggest confrontations of an emerging, youth-led movement.

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