Activists and supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party take part in a protest demanding the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET examination irregularities in New Delhi on Monday. | AFP-JIJI
REUTERS
Jul 20, 2026
NEW DELHI – Hundreds of supporters of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement gathered in the capital New Delhi on Monday to march on parliament, seeking the resignation of the education minister despite police denying permission for the protest.
The months-old movement and the planned protest are seen as the biggest public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term in office, garnering millions of supporters on social media and mobilizing support on ground as well.
The movement has been galvanized since police forcibly moved hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital on Saturday, with thousands of supporters arriving through the night at the protest site of Jantar Mantar in the heart of New Delhi for the march on the opening day of parliament’s monsoon session.
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