New Delhi, May 26 -- With the word "cockroach" having gained wide traction in the wake of online satire, the Indian Youth Congress on Tuesday said that it is expanding its 'Indian Youth cockroaches campaign' into a "nationwide youth resistance movement".

In a press release, IYC alleged that India's youth are "battling paper leaks, unemployment, corruption and institutional collapse" and that "the Modi government has chosen arrogance over accountability".

"Young people who raise their voice are labelled 'anti-national' jailed, intimidated, suspended from social media platforms and treated like enemies by the very government that promised them a future," the release alleged.

It alleged that India's youth "have been reduced to 'cockroache...