STORY: :: Hundreds supporting India's viral 'Cockroach Janta Party' call for the education minister's resignation
:: New Delhi, India / June 6, 2026
:: It's the first time the country's largest online movement has taken to the streets
Modi's government has blocked the movement's X account in the country, a move the Cockroach Janta Party has challenged in a Delhi court. Senior cabinet minister Kiren Rijiju has accused the group of seeking followers from arch-enemy Pakistan and the "anti-India gang."
The group, which has amassed roughly 22 million Instagram followers since launching in mid-May, is the largest online expression of dissent against the Hindu nationalist Modi's 12-year-old rule, fueled by persistently high youth unemployment and recurring leaks of examination papers that threaten to derail the careers of millions of students.
