'Cockroach Party' leader returns to India for first New Delhi protest

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: June 6, 2026Country: India

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'Cockroach Party' leader returns to India for first New Delhi protest

Abhijeet Dipke, leader of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party, has returned to India for his party's first protest in New Delhi. Thousands of members are demanding the resignation of the education minister over exam paper leaks and marking errors that they claim have led students to take their own lives.

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