# India’s viral Cockroach Party calls election panel chief the ‘biggest threat’ to democracy

https://mins.news/en/item/73559

- CNBC, 2026-09-25 07:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/india-cockroach-party-election-protest-democracy.html

> Months after its Gen Z protest rattled the Modi government, India’s viral youth movement, the Cockroach Party, is demanding that the top election official step down and calling the official the biggest threat to democracy.

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