Police block thousands of 'cockroach' protesters marching on India's parliament
Thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led protest movement, took to the streets of Delhi, defying a police ban to march
Thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led protest movement, took to the streets of Delhi, defying a police ban to march to parliament and demand the resignation of India's education minister.
Police blocked the march with barricades, sparking scuffles as protesters tried to push through. Several demonstrators said they had been injured in baton-charges. The police did not comment.
The march followed weeks of protests over alleged exam paper leaks, which supporters say reflect a wider education system crisis. The movement has since broadened
into one of the most visible expressions of public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in recent years.
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