The Cockroach Party That's Cracki...
The Cockroach Party That's Cracking Modi's BJP | Varghese George & Radhika Desai
Geopolitical Economy Hour di Radhika Desai
6 set 2026
42:05
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Is India's youth revolt a passing meme, or the moment its party system began to visibly crack? Varghese K. George, resident editor in New Delhi for The Hindu, joins me to trace how a Supreme Court judge's slur, calling India's youth cockroaches and parasites, became the seed of the Cockroach Janta Party, a movement with no leaders, no ideology, and millions of members. Varghese explains how this leaderless surge has punctured the BJP's invincibility and Modi's own aura of near-divine leadership, both of which looked unshakeable just two months ago. We trace this rupture back to Modi's hostile takeover of the BJP, a party system crumbling across India's political spectrum, and an employment crisis so severe that 87 million young Indians are now without work, education, or training. Whether this movement can convert its viral power into lasting cha ... 

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India
Narendra Modi
CJP