In India the Cockroach Party calls off its demonstrations for now

In India the Cockroach Party calls off its demonstrations for now

Author: ABC Australia July 29, 2026 Duration: 29:07
Young voters have a voice in India right now. India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited Melbourne to receive a rock star welcome at a mass rally at docklands stadium. But not all Australian Hindus are fans - some see him as a divisive figure with potential impact on social harmony. What do they make of the current pulses of anti-immigration rhetoric emerging from figures like Hanson and her party? Meanwhile in India, the Cockroach Janta party or CJP might have started out as an online joke, bit its grown into a mass protests movement, driven by the discontent of millions of younger voters. What of it's future? With an October 27 poll looming for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — security officials warn the Occupied West Bank is a tinderbox, with Palestinian Christian communities among those under sustained attack from armed settlers. We speak with a Christian Palestinian from Bethlehem with family in Gaza. GUESTS: ABC journalist and former ABC South Asia correspondent Meghna Bali - Her new ABC Compass documentary is here. Professor Assa Doron, from the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific. Dr Yousef Al-Khoury is the Academic Dean of Bethlehem Bible College in the West Bank. He’s currently on a speaking tour Bearing Witness in Australia organised by the group Palestinian Christians in Australia.

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