Cockroach Protests: How India’s Youth Movement Led to Minister’s Resignation By Aishwarya Bajpai Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Cockroach Protests: How India’s Youth Movement Led to Minister’s Resignation By Aishwarya Bajpai https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/07/cockroach-protests-how-indias-youth-movement-led-to-ministers-resignation/ NEW DELHI, Jul 27 2026 (IPS) - On July 25, after 50 days of protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. The movement had begun in May as a satirical social media page called the Cockroach Janta Party, founded by Abhijeet Dipke after the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, used the term “cockroaches” during a Supreme Court hearing, apparently referring to young people with fake law degrees, but his remark sparked a massive public backlash Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -