Joke Political Party Leads Thousands Into Banned March, Then Gets Government Meeting

A group started as a joke — the Cockroach Janta Party — brought thousands of students to a march in Delhi that police had forbidden on July 20. Police blocked roads, shut off internet, and used teargas. They detained the founder, Abhijeet Dipke. Still, the crowd's size pushed the Modi government to invite the group's leaders to meet a top minister.