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The student behind 'cockroach' protests that forced an Indian minister to quit
Summary
Abhijeet Dipke, a student who founded the 'cockroach' protest movement, became an overnight public figure after the campaign helped force an Indian minister to resign.
The decisive shift was the movement's success in converting a student-led protest into direct political
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A student protest has demonstrated that a focused grassroots campaign can impose real political costs on a senior officeholder.