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鈥淚 think there鈥檚 been this underlying frustration among the youth of India for a very long time. If we look at the unemployment data, India currently has the highest unemployment rate in the last 40 years, and even when it comes to education, every year there鈥檚 not been one single government examination where the paper isn鈥檛 leaked, or the paper or the exam isn鈥檛 cancelled. So people are really frustrated with unemployment, and with the education ministry in India, which isn鈥檛 accountable at all.鈥�

Yogita Limaye speaks to youth campaigner Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party.

Dipke rose to prominence in India earlier this year after criticising the country鈥檚 Chief Justice, who had compared unemployed young people and social-media activists to cockroaches.

Dipke was studying in the US when he posted "What if all cockroaches come together?" on the social media platform 鈥榅鈥� in response.

He thought little of the post at the time. But it quickly went viral, snowballing into a youth protest movement that has shaken India鈥檚 political establishment and thrust Dipke himself into the spotlight.

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(Image: Abhijeet Dipke. Credit: Reuters)