India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has lost a byelection in a seat it had held for three decades, after the Cockroach movement student protests that have shaken Narendra Modi’s government. The BJP lost two of three byelection contests this week, with the opposition Congress retaining the Datia constituency in central Madhya Pradesh. The opposition have said the student protest movement is beginning to dent BJP support among younger voters. It has since morphed into a nationwide movement with 26.6 million Instagram followers, more than the BJP and Congress combined. “Coming as it does after the student protests, the optics look very bad for the BJP.