BBC's Azadeh Moshiri reports as thousands attempt to march to India's parliament in support of the Cockroach Janta Party's demand for education reforms. Thousands of supporters of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement gathered in the New Delhi to march on parliament seeking the resignation of the education minister, despite police denying permission for the protest. Armoured riot police charged demonstrators taking part in a banned march on parliament in India's capital New Delhi on Monday linked to growing anger over irregularities in major university examinations.
Saurav Das, a spokesperson for the satirical Cockroach Janta Party, said that two members of the movement were on their way to meet a senior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet. The youth-led movement is seen as the biggest public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term. Police had not granted permission for the march organized by India's Cockroach Janta Party movement.
The CJP said its leader Abhijeet Dipke had been "picked up" by police but not "detained." DW has the latest. Police have not granted permission for a march to the parliament being organized by India's Cockroach Janta Party movement. Nevertheless, the CJP and its supporters have begun the protest walk.
The months-old movement is seen as the biggest public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term in office.
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