India’s ‘Cockroach’ Protesters Explain How They Toppled One of Modi’s Ministers
The protests over alleged exam leaks triggered clashes, 694 arrests and national negotiations before the state dropped charges, officials said.
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Digital technologies can prolong repression beyond the dispersion of a protest.
India’s ‘cockroach’ protesters explain how they toppled one of Modi’s ministers
After weeks of student protests, the resignation of India’s education minister on July 25 was hailed as a victory for the so-called cockroaches, a youth movement that has made this originally derogatory term their own. But some are concerned about facing repression down the line, aided by facial recognition.
Gen Z's protest movement in India can celebrate a success: the country's Minister of Education had to resign. For the Modi government, this is a challenge
The so-called Gen Z or Cockroach protests in India have claimed their first political victim after the country's education minister was ousted. However, the mass movement threatens to spread beyond the capital and cause major disruptions to the country's logistics and manufacturing chains.
India’s student ‘Cockroach’ movement threatens new protests after mass arrests
Photo: sebrenner / flickr (BY 2.0) A youth-led protest movement in India that forced the country’s education minister to resign is threatening to restart demonstrations, accusing the government of breaking its promise not to punish student protesters. The Cockroach Janta party, which organized mass protests over exam paper leaks and other irregularities in India’s education system, said Monday that hundreds of students had been detained or haras…
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