India: Youth-led 'Cockroach' protests increase pressure on Modi's government
With each passing day, India's youth-led cockroach movement seems to swell.
As the sit-in by anti-corruption campaigners grows in New Delhi, opposition lawmakers relay their call for the education minister to resign over the leaking of exam tests.
The standoff grew with the Supreme Court refusing to hear a police brutality petition launched after Monday's crackdown on those trying to reach parliament.
Details from the ground by FRANCE 24 correspondent in New Delhi, Sarah Jacob.
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