Women hold placards in solidarity with Cockroach Janta Party and their march towards the Parliament in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: The student-led protests over recurring examination paper leaks and the conduct of the NEET examination have inevitably drawn comparisons with the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement that rattled the second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government between 2011 and 2013. The immediate triggers are different: corruption under the UPA and the credibility of public examinations under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Yet both movements display the potential to disrupt politics by presenting an outsider’s challenge to the political establishment. Just as allegations of corruption came to symbolise perceived governance failure during the latter years of the Manmohan Singh government, recurring examination leaks have increasingly become a test of the BJP-led government’s promise of efficient and transparent governance. Battle of narratives Established parties carry ideological baggage, the trappings of power and electoral compulsions, making it difficult for them to convincingly channel public anger against the political system itself. The IAC movement …