Indian Police Use Batons and Tear Gas on ‘Cockroach’ Protesters

Tens of thousands of young protesters marched toward India’s Parliament in New Delhi on Monday, demanding the resignation of the country’s education minister. Police responded with batons and tear gas. The demonstrators belong to a group called the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led movement. They are protesting against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The protesters accuse the education minister of failing students. Police attacked the crowd as it neared the Parliament building. The group’s name, "Cockroach," is a deliberate insult. Members use it to say they are hard to crush. The march was one of the largest youth-led protests in the capital in recent years.