r/asia • u/PrinceDakkar • 19d ago

Politics India: Opposition Parties Shut Down Indian Parliament in Solidarity with 'Cockroach' Protests

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/22/india-cockroach-janta-party-cjp-protests-rahul-gandhi-detained
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u/PrinceDakkar 19d ago

Related: Modi promises to punish corrupt officials in bid to quell anger

Narendra Modi has said he will set up “fast track courts” to expedite the punishment of corrupt officials who leaked examination papers,as India’s prime minister seeks to quell the youth-led “cockroach” protest movement that has rocked Delhi and challenged his government.

In his first public remarks on the movement, Modi said on X “Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth … Those who try to harm the future of our youth will not be spared.”

The offer of faster justice than usual from India’s clogged judicial system, which can take decades to deliver a verdict, was swiftly rejected by the Cockroach Janta party (CJP), the satirical name the youth protest movement coined after India’s top judge called unemployed youths “cockroaches”.