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The Guardian - UK
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Amrit Dhillon in Delhi

‘Cockroach’ protests: India’s Modi promises to punish officials over exam leaks

A masked protester in a light blue shirt raises both arms while holding a small flag at a crowded demonstration
A Cockroach Janta party (CJP) supporter shouts at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday during the ongoing protest to demand the resignation of India's education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Narendra Modi has vowed to set up “fast-track courts” to speed up the punishment of officials accused of leaking examination papers, as the Indian prime minister seeks to quell a youth-led “cockroach” protest movement that has rocked Delhi and posed one of the biggest challenges to his government.

In his first public remarks on the movement, Modi posted on X: “Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth … Those who try to harm the future of our youth will not be spared.”

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