India's "Cockroach" Youth Protests Become Biggest Challenge to Modi in Years

Tens of thousands have joined the Cockroach Janta Party, a satirical movement founded May 2026 on Instagram by Abhijeet Dipke. Sparked by exam paper leaks linked to dozens of suicides, protesters demand Education Minister Pradhan's resignation. The Guardian calls it 'perhaps the biggest challenge to Narendra Modi's government in years.' Modi has promised to punish corrupt officials; the movement vows to continue.