India Cracks Down on Youth Protests over Contentious Voter List Revision, in Photos
Police detained three Cockroach Janta Party leaders after their flight landed, as more than 1,500 suspected protesters were held and 45 Metro stations were shut.
- On Saturday, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police shortly after landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, preventing them from reaching a planned protest at Jantar Mantar.
- Critics allege the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls dropped about 130 million voters from draft lists, prompting Dipke to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over voter manipulation concerns.
- Authorities deployed more than 20,000 personnel from Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces to maintain order, shuttering 45 Metro stations and detaining more than 1500 suspected protesters across the capital.
- Delhi Police personnel entered the aircraft to detain the leaders, an action the party termed a "pre-planned interception." Dipke criticized the move as "dictatorship," saying "This is something not even Indira Gandhi had done."
- Dipke gained national prominence this year after his viral "Cockroach" jibe at unemployed youth spawned the movement. The group forced education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's July resignation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet.
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India cracks down on youth protests over contentious voter list revision, in photos
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Indian authorities detained thousands of “Cockroach” movement protesters in New Delhi amid a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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