印度首都新德里爆发由青年主导的大规模抗议活动，数千名支持者试图向议会进军，要求教育部长辞职并改革教育体系。[1][4]这场被称为"蟑螂民众党"（CJP）的运动[1]起源于最高法院首席法官将失业青年比作"蟑螂"的言论[3][9]，以及随后的全国教育入学考试（NEET）泄题丑闻。[3][7]
警方在新德里中央地区使用催泪瓦斯和警棍驱散人群。[1][4][6]据德里警方称，近180人在冲突中受伤，包括118名安保人员和60名示威者。[6][7]警方还拘留了70名抗议者。[7]志愿者医生高瑞什·巴特拉表示"我们至少治疗了10人"。[1]此外，当局还中断了部分地区的移动网络服务。[1]
这场运动最初以讽刺形式出现，并非真正的政党。[2]波士顿大学学生阿比吉特·迪普克发起了"蟑螂人民党"，其Instagram粉丝在数日内超过2100万。[9]运动最初聚焦医学院和政府职位入学考试泄露问题，[9]随后扩展为要求教育改革和政府问责的广泛运动。[9]NEET考试泄露事件涉及228万名考生，该考试于5月3日举行，泄露事件发生后已有超过20名学生自杀身亡。[7]
知名活动人士索南·旺楚克于6月28日加入抗议并开始无限期绝食，[7]后于周六被警方强行带离。[7]
政府首次与运动领导人接触。卫生部长JP·纳达与CJP领导人进行了10分钟会议，承诺政府会关注此事，但未提供具体保证。[7]尽管有这次会面，紧张局势并未缓解，警方最终清除了集会地点。[1]
抗议活动在警方驱散后继续进行。[6]运动发起人阿比吉特·迪普克表示将继续抗议，[6]20岁学生索娜·比什特表示只要诉求未满足就不会离开。[6]25岁抗议者塔鲁称："我们不害怕他们，无论他们做什么都不会逃离，会一直坚持到他们听取意见。"[8]
国际特赦组织批评印度当局压制和平异议。[6]反对派领导人拉胡尔·甘地率国大党议员游行至莫迪住宅要求问责，称学生诉求"合理"，并指责莫迪是"印度历史上最反青年的总理"。[7]
Indian authorities deployed tear gas and batons to disperse thousands of demonstrators attempting to march on Parliament in New Delhi, in one of the most serious confrontations yet with the youth-led "Cockroach" movement. [1][4] The protesters, organized under the name Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), were demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and sweeping reforms to the education and employment systems. [1][3][4]
The movement emerged from outrage over a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination paper leak affecting 2.28 million test-takers and claims that more than 20 students subsequently died by suicide following the incident. [7][9] The protests were further fueled by comments from India's chief justice, who compared unemployed youth to "cockroaches," a remark that sparked the ironic naming of the movement. [3][4][9]
Police reported that approximately 60 protesters and 118 police officers were injured during Monday's crackdown. [6][7] Additionally, 70 demonstrators were detained. [7] According to volunteer doctor Gaurish Batra, "we treated at least 10 people." [1] Mobile internet services were interrupted in parts of central Delhi during the operation. [1]
The confrontation marked the government's first significant engagement with movement leadership. Health Minister JP Nadda held a brief 10-minute meeting with CJP representatives, pledging that the government would pay attention to their concerns, though he offered no specific commitments. [7] The meeting failed to ease tensions, and police subsequently cleared the protest site. [1]
Despite the police action, demonstrators vowed to continue their campaign. Movement founder Abhijeet Dipke declared that protests would persist. [6] A 20-year-old protester, Sona Bisht, stated: "we won't leave unless our demands are met." [6] Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who had begun an indefinite hunger strike on June 28, was forcibly transported to a hospital by police during the crackdown. [7]
The movement has grown substantially since its inception, expanding from initial focus on the NEET scandal to encompass broader demands for educational reform and government accountability. [2][9] Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi characterized the students' demands as "reasonable" and criticized Prime Minister Modi, calling him "the most anti-youth Prime Minister in India's history." [7] On Tuesday, Gandhi led Indian National Congress legislators in a march to Modi's residence demanding accountability. [7]