From 'cockroach' post to protest leader: India's Dipke tests Modi government

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From 'cockroach' post to protest leader: India's Dipke tests Modi government

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Indian political strategist Abhijit Dipke was detained by police after turning an online “cockroach” insult directed at unemployed young people into a nationwide protest movement. The protests reportedly contributed to the resignation of a federal minister, putting pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 - Indian police detained on Saturday Abhijit Dipke, the political strategist who turned a \"cockroach\" jibe at unemployed youth into a nationwide protest movement that helped force the resignation of a federal minister.

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