PoliticsWill India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement force Modi’s BJP to rethink its politics?

A surprise defeat for Narendra Modi’s BJP in Bihar’s Bankipur constituency, following student protests led by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party, has exposed the party’s difficulty connecting with Gen Z on social media. Analysts describe its response as a battle for perception, not a fundamental policy shift.

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