NEW DELHI: India’s “Cockroach” party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead for the resignation of the country’s education minister, a day after at least 178 people were injured in protests in New Delhi.
Hundreds of protesters remained camped at the Jantar Mantar protest site on Tuesday, many of them calling for changes to the education system.
Thousands of protesters gathered in the heart of the Indian capital on Monday, demanding minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, in a show of force by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement.
The CJP has won millions of followers on social media since its launch in May, fueling one of the biggest challenges to Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he won his third term in office in 2024.
“We won’t stop. Pradhan has to be sacked,” CJP spokesman Ashutosh Ranka said in a social media post.
