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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Opposition parties shut down Indian parliament in solidarity with ‘cockroach’ protests

A person holds a handmade placard reading 'ARMED with a MIND' at a crowded outdoor protest
A Cockroach Janta party supporter holding a placard in New Delhi during protests demanding the resignation of the education minister. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

India’s opposition parties have shut down parliament in a protest calling for the resignation of the education minister, in solidarity with the new youth-led “cockroach” movement.

Opposition politicians, led by the Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, gathered outside the parliament building in Delhi on Wednesday, many dressed in black and waving placards calling on Dharmendra Pradhan to quit.

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