CNA Explains: What India’s ‘cockroach’ protests reveal about a generation under pressure
- India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) began as an online satire.
- It is now at the centre of one of the country's biggest youth-led protest movements in years, drawing thousands to the streets.
- Sparked by repeated exam paper leaks, the protests have forced the government into talks - and exposed deeper frustrations over the education system, jobs and fairness.
Unverified
- India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) began as an online satire.
- It is now at the centre of one of the country's biggest youth-led protest movements in years, drawing thousands to the streets.
- Sparked by repeated exam paper leaks, the protests have forced the government into talks - and exposed deeper frustrations over the education system, jobs and fairness.
Sources: CNA