An Indian activist says the youth-led "cockroach" movement has weakened Prime Minister Narendra Modi and represented one of the largest public displays of dissent against his government in years.
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Youth protests have weakened Modi, Indian activist who went on hunger strike tells BBC
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An Indian activist says the youth-led "cockroach" movement has weakened Prime Minister Narendra Modi and represented one of the largest public displays of dissent against his government in years.
The decisive shift is that youth protests have challenged the perception of Modi's political dominance,
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Visible youth dissent raises the political cost of ignoring discontent among a crucial electoral constituency.
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