Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests?
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Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 10, 202624 min
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A chance to listen again as Will Bain and Rahul Tandon are joined by the BBC's India Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukherjee to look at the rise of the 'Cockroach movement'. They discuss the economic concerns of young people and the difficulties getting well paid jobs Producer: Rebecca Smyllie Editor: Stephen Ryan Image description: Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) take part in a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi, India, 10 October 2026. Thousands of security personnel were deployed across the Indian capital as demonstrators gathered to...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I'm Rahul Tandon and I have to tell you my phone has been extremely busy this morning. It's been buzzing with lots of messages from my family in Delhi because once again, there are huge protests there.

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India's capital is locked down. It's all part of the cockroach movement. Youngsters, once again, taking to the streets fed up with their lot in life. So we're going to take you back to a podcast we recorded at the end of July when the cockroach

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protests first broke out. Yeah, welcome back to the programme. I'm Will Bain here in the UK. I'm Rahul Tandon, unfortunately here in the UK as well. I don't know the democracy here in Delhi.

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