After a summer win, India's Gen Z protesters face a winter of uncertainty
Summary
Gen Z-led protests in India helped force federal education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign in July. By the following month, authorities had imposed restrictions on demonstrations over voting rights, and thousands of peaceful protesters were detained.Key Facts
- Protesters gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in July after news of Pradhan’s resignation.
- The Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party organized demonstrations over voting rights in October.
- Authorities imposed broad restrictions on the demonstrations and detained thousands of peaceful protesters.
- The protests drew young people from across social and economic groups, according to former Centre for Policy Research president Yamini Aiyar.
- Protesters used online satire to criticize Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- In 2020, the government abandoned agricultural reforms after a year of farmer protests.
- Student activist Umar Khalid has spent more than six years in jail without a trial after his arrest under anti-terror laws.
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