Politics‘Cockroach stir stripped Modi’s carefully confected image’: Arundhati Roy

Indian author Arundhati Roy tells Al Jazeera that mainly youth-led protests by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party have damaged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s carefully constructed image, which she says was supported by corporate-owned news channels and BJP control of social media. She also discusses allegations that India’s elections were compromised and says political change may be approaching.

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