On Monday, Delhi experienced a storm. However, it wasn't brought on by the weather. Instead, thousands of young people staged a passionate march to Parliament in protest of India's dysfunctional educational system, the Union education minister's incompetence, Sonam Wangchuk's forced removal from the protest site, and the Narendra Modi government's callous handling of their justifiable grievances.
Members of the Cockroach Janta Party were among the demonstrators, but crowds of regular people, both young and old, also responded to Mr. Wangchuk's and the CJP's clarion cry. There were some intriguing scenes that emerged.

India's demographic dividend occurred when the police lathi-charged and fired tear gas shells at the protesting youth; both sides reported casualties, and Parliament was reinforced. Even though it was quite late in the day, Mr. Modi's ministry gave in after realizing how difficult the situation was. The Union health minister received a letter from a CJP delegation. Why didn't the Center move sooner? Notably, during the discussion, the fundamental objectives of the protest—such as the dismissal of the minister of education—were not fulfilled. This challenge is likely to put the containment efforts of the Bharatiya Janata Party government to the test. The path ahead is dialogue, not the danda. However, this muscular government has also shown itself to be deaf to this precept on other instances.Despite being in charge of a coalition government, the BJP has perversely succeeded in undermining the opposition in recent months. Because of opportunism and planned defections, political rivals are weak. Encouraged, the Center keeps working hard to gain a two-thirds majority in the House. However, due to the intricacy and beauty of democracy, an elected opposition may not always be the best indicator of dissent—hoi polloi are.

The government needs to be aware of this rising discontent among young people and respond to their issues, but perhaps not out of charity. Young voters, a crucial group in India's democracy, make up a large portion of the demonstrators. There is also no reason for the opposition to rejoice. It should consider the fact that the opposition's attempts to mobilize people on the same topic have been significantly less successful than the collective response to the CJP. Both the government and the opposition have been forced to consider the "cockroaches"—the phrase is not being used in joke or with derision.