Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/5 Next image Previous image Toggle caption CJP supporters before a march to parliament during a protest demanding the resignation of the education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. Photograph: Jai Thakur/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen CJP supporters before a march to parliament during a protest demanding the resignation of the education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. Photograph: Jai Thakur/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock India’s Cockroach movement protesters show no sign of backing downThousands of people again on the streets of Delhi calling for education reforms despite police violence on Monday Taru had come to the protest prepared this time. In one hand was an anti-government poster and in the other was a bicycle helmet. “We need to have protection in case Delhi police beat us up again,” said the 25-year-old, who stood among her friends. “We are not scared of them and we won’t run away, no matter what they do. We’ll stay here till they listen.”On Tuesday, central Delhi still thronged with thousands of protesters, as an unprecedented expression of dissent against the powerful ruling Narendra Modi government showed no sign of abating.Just 24 hours earlier, more than 50,000 people took to the streets in protest, swathes of them in their late teens and early 20s, mobilised by a new youth-led political movement that calls itself…
Published: July 21, 2026 5:21 pm
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