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‘Cockroach’ movement keeps heat on Indian PM

Protests triggered by exam irregularities have given rise to an Indian youth movement with millions of followers online and showing no signs of fading away. (Photo: AFP)

NEW DELHI - Two weeks after youth-led protests forced India’s education minister to resign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years.

Led by the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the demonstrations spread from New Delhi to other cities, broadening from anger over exam irregularities into a wider movement over unemployment, opportunities for young people and what critics describe as Modi’s increasingly authoritarian rule.

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