India’s youth protesters are fighting Modi with irreverent humour and memes | Social Media News

India’s young protesters are mocking their government. And the jokes are landing. As thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in the Indian capital, they are waging a parallel campaign online, flooding social media with memes, parody videos and self-deprecating jokes. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list In doing so, they are also…

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Youth protesters celebrate after India’s education minister resigns following exam leak scandal

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he quit to take responsibility…

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Struggle to even get inside: BBC attends celebration at India ‘cockroach’ protest site

Crowds at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar are elated after India’s education minister stepped down after weeks of protests over exam paper leaks and testing irregularities. The protests were led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a group that started as satire, but ended up gaining real support on the ground. The BBC’s Vikas Pandey reports. Follow…

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India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement to end protests after education minister quits

India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement has agreed to end protests after talks with the government, following the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Demonstrations have been held in the capital, New Delhi, and cities across the country in recent weeks. They were sparked by alleged examination paper leaks in some of India’s most competitive entrance tests. Around…

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Protesters celebrate resignation of India’s education minister

Protesters in India are celebrating after the resignation of the country’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. Tens of thousands of young people had been demonstrating in Delhi, demanding Pradhan resign after exam paper leaks and testing irregularities. Now Pradhan has resigned, the protests organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been called off. CJP is…

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