India clears protest site after ‘cockroach’ movement scores a win

NEW DELHI : New Delhi municipal workers were busy painting over anti-government graffiti on Sunday after the youth-led “cockroach” movement had left a landmark protest site, satisfied with the government acceding to their demands. The social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) had drawn thousands of demonstrators, mainly students, to the capital’s Jantar Mantar site, forming one of India’s largest anti-government protests in recent years.

Weeks of protests over exam irregularities and other issues affecting young Indians culminated on Saturday with the resignation of the education minister and the government accepting other key demands.

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