India’s Youth Protests Face Winter Crackdown After Summer Wins
India’s Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) faces a severe government crackdown following a successful summer campaign that forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign. While the movement initially gained momentum through online satire and mass mobilization against exam scandals and unemployment, authorities have since imposed strict restrictions on assemblies, detained thousands of protesters, and suspended internet services. Critics and human rights groups allege police brutality and arbitrary detention, while the ruling BJP defends its actions as necessary for public order. Despite the repression, opposition parties continue to hold large rallies, and CJP leaders maintain that the youth movement remains resilient.
