‘Cockroach’ protests: India’s Modi promises to punish corrupt officials

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his first public remarks on the youth-led 'cockroach' protest movement sweeping Delhi, The Guardian reports, promising to establish fast-track courts to expedite punishment for corrupt officials involved in an exam leak scandal. In his statement, Modi said 'nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth,' vowing that 'those who try to harm the future of our youth will not be spared.' The movement has emerged as a significant challenge to his government.

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