The term “Gen Z” is contested across societies, but the movements behind it are hard to ignore. In Nepal and Bangladesh, young protesters brought down governments within weeks. In September 2025, protesters set fire to Nepal’s parliament, and within days the prime minister had resigned. A year earlier, a student-led demonstration ended Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule in Bangladesh. Gen Zs are rewriting and challenging global politics.

In India, youth-led protests gained prominence in 2019-20, when campus movements opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). In 2026, due to paper leak happened during NEET UG, Gen Z gained the national attention very prominently by demanding the resignation of then Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

The movement began online with Abhijeeth Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janata Party, posting online, “What if all cockroaches came together?” Protesters flooded Jantar Mantar with memes and placards mocking the current government. The state resisted it by blocking CJP’s original X account. But the humor, and the sense of a shared grievance, had already moved to street from just online presence.

On 6th of June 2026, thousands of students started to protest in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi Demanding for the resignation of education minister. The government dismissed the officials of National testing agency (NTA), the apex agency for conducting many entrance exams in India and offered reforms within the system. But the protesters stood there and many more youngster shown solidarity and on 26th July the education minister stepped down from his position. Youth across the nation celebrated this by waving flags and distributing sweets. The government has also promised to take down the cases filed against the protestors and to give compensation to the families of students who have died by suicide due to paper leak.

The NEET protest attains its mission but CAA protest couldn’t. The main reason lies in the demand. The CAA protest opposed a law made by the government and the government stood by. The subsequent arrests and COVID-19 lockdown reduced the spirit of the protests. The NEET protest stood for something narrower; urging government to take responsibility for affecting the life of 23 lakh students and their families. This scenario brought people together from all walk of life and the opposition backet it eventually. This mass agitation resulted in the resignation of the minister.

The sense of shared grievance, converting that grief into humor and social media, helped to make this movement a success. The CJP or any Gen Z groups have not aligned with any political party yet, so it will be test of time to know whether this is just a victory or a remarkable turning point for India’s political system where interest group’s voices are heard.