The ‘Cockroach’ movement may have started as a call for accountability amid ongoing exam irregularities, but the sentiment on the ground went beyond that. | India News

Follow The Hindu LIVE for updates on Abhijeet Dipke's Cockroach Janta Party protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, demanding Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.

The Cockroach Janata Party, a social media movement in India, faces a major test as its founder leads a demonstration in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Cockroach Janata Party, a social media movement that began as an online joke and amassed millions of followers across India, will face its biggest test

The Cockroach Janta Party's protest on Saturday (Jun 6) marks the movement’s first foray into street politics after weeks of dominating social media feeds and news headlines.

“Cockroaches don’t ever fear, they never die either,” says founder of party; protesters carry paper cockroach masks and pamphlets.

Hundreds gathered at Jantar Mantar for a protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party. Abhijeet Dipke, the movement's founder, led the demonstration. Participants demanded the…

NEW DELHI June 6 — Indian police tightened security in New Delhi on Saturday ahead of a protest by the satirical “Cockroach People’s Party”, over alleged irregularities in...

The Cockroach Janata Party has already seen some social media accounts blocked by the Modi government, but has been granted permission for New Delhi demonstration

Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in the national capital

Hundreds of mostly young Indians gathered in New Dehli on Saturday for the first street protest organised by the Cockroach Janata Party – a movement which began as an online joke…

The 'Cockroach Janta Party' has garnered millions of followers on social media since its launch last month.

Huge crowd gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Saturday following a protest call by the Cockroach Janata Party, led by Abhijeet Dipke. | India News

NEW DELHI: Supporters of India’s viral cockroach-themed youth movement staged their first protest in New Delhi on Saturday, after gaining massive online support among young…

Hundreds of students in New Delhi rally for accountability as the satirical 'Cockroach People's Party' protests against alarming exam irregularities. Will their voices be heard?

Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in New Delhi on Saturday (6 June), taking the…

The ‘Cockroach’ movement may have started as a call for accountability amid ongoing exam irregularities, but the sentiment on the ground went beyond that. | India News

Some seemed to have chosen the protest as a Saturday outing. Nalin joked, "I told Shikha we are not meeting today if you won't accompany me to Jantar Mantar." | India News

India's largest online youth movement has taken to the streets for the first time, calling for the resignation of the education minister.

Questions of ideology mattered neither to the organisers of the protest nor to those who showed up in support. Accountability was the word of the day.

Can India’s anxious youth ensure that a platform to voice genuine grievances will not get hijacked by other groups?