India: Youth-led 'Cockroach' protests increase pressure on Modi's government

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in India, where a youth-led protest movement known as the 'Cockroach' campaign is gaining momentum. France 24 reports that anti-corruption demonstrators have staged a growing sit-in in New Delhi, with opposition lawmakers amplifying their demand that the education minister resign over the leaking of exam tests. The standoff deepened this week after the Supreme Court declined to hear a petition over alleged police brutality, filed following Monday's crackdown on protesters trying to reach parliament.

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