How India's 'cockroach' party sparked a protest movement | Global News Podcast
Thousands of young Indians have marched through the streets of Delhi, in a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party - a new, fast-growing political
Thousands of young Indians have marched through the streets of Delhi, in a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party - a new, fast-growing political movement. CJP has been holding demonstrations calling for education reforms, after a scandal involving the leak of medical school entrance exams. The cockroach party was started this year as a piece of online satire, by recent graduate Abhijeet Dipke.
It was a response to comments by Indian Chief Justice Surya Kant, who allegedly compared unemployed youth to cockroaches and parasites. He later said he was referring only to people with "fake and bogus degrees". But Mr Dipke's CJP has now gained millions of followers - many of them young people frustrated by a lack of economic opportunity. We ask the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan how great a challenge the Cockroach Janta Party could pose to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP.
Plus, we'll find out how the 'cockroach' movement fits into the broader trend of "Gen Z" protests in Nepal, Bangladehs, and Sri Lanka. New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here And you can find more of our YouTube episodes here For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews 00:00 Introduction 00:22 How the Cockroach Janta Party began 01:35 India's education reform protests 02:52 Why young Indians are feeling frustrated 04:49 Will the Cockroach movement challenge Narendra Modi?
06:13 Gen Z protests across South Asia
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