Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

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Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

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Oct 28th How the “Cockroach Movement” is upending Indian politics
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Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

Oct 28, 2026
37¼ minutes
51 MB

In May 2026, India’s chief justice sparked controversy when he referred to the country’s unemployed youth as “cockroaches.” One young activist responded by launching a satirical political party: the Cockroach Janata Party. While the party may have started as a joke, the movement that has grown around it is anything but. Over the past six months, the Cockroach movement has brought tens of thousands of people to the streets, upended Indian politics, and sparked perhaps the biggest challenge to date to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government. On this ep...

Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

How the “Cockroach Movement” is upending Indian politics

The Watson School

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