Indian police used teargas and batons to stop supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement from marching to parliament on Monday to demand the education minister’s resignation, while the government appeared to make its first outreach to the movement’s leaders.
Thousands of demonstrators tried to breach security barricades surrounding the protest site in central New Delhi, marking one of the most serious confrontations in the movement’s campaign against Narendra Modi's government. Despite the crackdown, many protesters continued marching toward parliament in small groups.
