CJP protest: The youth movement India's Modi didn't see coming. Unlike many of the biggest protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over the past decade - whether over citizenship, farm laws or other contentious policies - this movement is not fundamentally about ideology.
Because the grievance is about governance rather than ideology, he argues, the BJP cannot easily rally its supporters or deploy the political counter-narratives that helped it confront earlier protest movements.
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The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led movement born out of anger over repeated examination paper leaks, has quickly become India's biggest student mobilisation in years.
Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, A Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporter wearing a cockroach mask at a protest over irregularities in major public examinations in Delhi.
For the past two weeks, comparisons with the anti-corruption movement of 2011 had largely centred on the CJP's impressive online reach, while sceptics questioned whether digital momentum could spill onto the streets.
Instead, it questions whether the state can still guarantee fairness in the examination system that millions of young Indians see as their principal route to social mobility.
Image source, ReutersImage caption, A protester hurls a tear gas canister back at police during a CJP march in Delhi, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Available information indicates that "The core constituency coming to these protests doesn't represent a singular interest group.".
They are "aspirational young Indians and their parents who see these exams as a path to upward mobility", in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, Why are thousands protesting for education reform in India.
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«The core constituency coming to these protests doesn't represent a singular interest group.»
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Student movements have periodically transformed Indian politics.
"That's unique compared to any significant protest in India's recent history," she says, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Available information indicates that Why are thousands protesting for education reform in India.
Available information indicates that Image source, ReutersImage caption, A protester hurls a tear gas canister back at police during a CJP march in Delhi.
Available information indicates that They are "aspirational young Indians and their parents who see these exams as a path to upward mobility".
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