When a young protest leader gets attacked in broad daylight

A 30-year-old man from Mumbai was slapped by two unknown men while being carried on supporters’ shoulders at a protest in Jaipur this week. The incident, caught on video, shows the men striking him repeatedly before vanishing into the crowd. The man, who has spent time in the U. S. , later said the attack was an obvious effort to intimidate him and his movement. “They want us to back down, ” he told followers in a recorded message. “But we won’t stop speaking up. ”His group, which pokes fun at India’s youth struggles, has grown rapidly. It now has over 22 million Instagram followers since launching just weeks ago. The message? It stands for “the lazy, the unemployed, and the chronically correct”—a playful jab at India’s young generation, where over half the population is under 30. Their biggest demand? The resignation of the Education Minister over exam leaks and marking errors that could ruin thousands of students’ futures. The government has responded by blocking the group’s main account on X, forcing them to switch to a backup profile with fewer followers. Yet the movement keeps growing, using humor to push back against political frustration.