Thousands of protesters linked to the Cockroach Janta Party youth group marched to India's Parliament on July 20, the opening day of its monsoon session, to demand the education minister's resignation over recent controversies surrounding school exams and to press authorities on other youth grievances, AP reported on July 20. Police cracked down on protesters in response, and later the same day, India's health minister reportedly asked the group for time so authorities could discuss its demands.

Authorities' removal of a prominent hunger-striking activist at the group's Delhi protest site on July 18 seemingly helped fuel a larger turnout and more unrest at the Parliament march than at the group's prior protests. The Cockroach Janta Party has held a sit-in at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar observatory since June 20, but turnout there has generally remained in the hundreds, and reports of unrest have been scant. The group has also organized other demonstrations in various states, though these have also drawn limited turnout and disruption.