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Protesters climb police barricades in New Delhi, India, as they take part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 14. Rajat Gupta / EPA

Can India’s cockroach movement reverse its democratic decline?

Protesters in India have taken to the streets over a controversial revision of the country’s voter rolls.
A scene from one a demonstration in Mumbai during India’s summer of youth protests. The march on July 24 2026 was held in solidarity with the popular movement led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), calling for the resignation of the Indian Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan. He resigned a few days later. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP

India’s middle‑class crisis: the great bifurcation and the Gen Z uprising

The recent student protests in India reflect the difficulties faced by a middle class whose growth has slowed significantly in recent years.
Protesters celebrate in Mumbai, India, after Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following nationwide protests as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest movement. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

How Gen Z and India’s Cockroach Janata Party are successfully challenging Narendra Modi

The success of protest movements in India hinges on two main factors: the strategic importance of the movement’s voting base to the ruling BJP, and the degree to which the issue can be delegitimized.

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