The story
Borrowed from Hindi आंदोलनजीवी (āndolanjīvī), Coined by analogy with परजीवी (parajīvī, “parasite”) From आंदोलन (āndolan, “protest, agitation, movement”) + -जीवी (-jīvī, “one who lives by or subsists on”) The term was popularized in Indian political discourse by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via his parliamentary speech on 8th Feburary 2021.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.