India's youth led 'Cockroach’ party stages 'flip-flop protest' over violence against women

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Leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party held a 'flip-flop protest' on Thursday (Oct 8) in India's southern Karnataka state to demand women's safety after several cases regarding sexual assault of women were reported in the country in the past few weeks.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:02Leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Jantha Party staged a flip-flop protest in Karnataka on Thursday,

00:10demanding greater women's safety following several reported cases of sexual assault in the country in recent weeks.

00:17The protest came amid reports of the alleged assault of a journalist while she was covering a demonstration

00:23and the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in Delhi.

00:26Cockroach Jantha Party founder Abhijit Dipki addressed the protestors,

00:32calling for stronger measures to tackle crimes against women and improve their safety.

00:37He said no measures or punishments would be effective unless boys unlearned harmful practices.

00:43According to the National Crime Records Bureau, sexual violence remains a major problem in India,

00:50with more than 80 rape cases reported to police daily.

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