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Protesters Beaten by Riot Cops With Sticks As Clashes Break Out Over Corruption Storm

Indian security officers beat protesters with batons and launched tear gas towards them on Monday (July 20), while protesters threw stones towards riot gear-clad officers in violent clashes in Indian capital New Delhi. The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement has drawn millions of supporters on social media and broadened its appeal to opposition parties following the leaking of the papers for a national entrance test to medical school in May, which forced some 2 million students to resit and led to some taking their own lives, in what the movement said was a sign of deep-seated corruption in education. A police decision to forcibly move hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital on Saturday (July 18) galvanised a movement demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the leaks. The months-old movement said on Monday a federal minister had promised the government would weigh its demands as thousands of protesters marched on parliament. The Cockroach Janta Party's surge in popularity reflects frustrations among young Indians including job shortages as well as exam leaks, which they say happen frequently. http://www.theScottishsun.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/thescottishsun/ https://twitter.com/ScottishSun #Protests #CockroachJantaParty #StudentProtest #SonamWangchuk #ExamLeak #WorldNews #ScottishSun #BreakingNews #India #NewDelhi #IndiaNews