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'Delulu', 'clock it': Cockroach protest slang reaches India's parliament

Gen Z slang used in India's parliament after Cockroach Janta Party protests forced a cabinet resignation and pushed an anti-exam leak bill into debate.

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A young girl holds a placard as citizens gather to celebrate the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Tens of thousands of young people participated in the protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party.

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The language of India's young, perpetually online population has finally reached one of its oldest institutions. Days after a youth-led protest movement forced the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, India's parliament found itself speaking the protesters' language.

Until recently, those words belonged to Instagram comment sections, group chats and meme pages. On Tuesday, they echoed across the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, instead. As MPs debated a new anti-exam leak bill, introduced by the government after weeks of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Gen Z slang flew freely through the chamber.

Shiv Sena party's Shrikant Shinde accused the opposition of being

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