'Cockroach' protesters demand India's election chief resign over voter list changes
- Hundreds of supporters of India’s Cockroach Janata Party protested in Mumbai, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over voter-list revisions.
- Police blocked a separate protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and detained dozens of demonstrators and opposition leaders.
- Critics and opposition parties allege that the revisions could remove eligible voters and benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party, while the Election Commission and government deny wrongdoing.
- The Election Commission says the revisions aim to remove duplicate and ineligible entries.
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Indian police detained dozens of young protesters in New Delhi on Saturday, the second day of demonstrations that continue to demand the resignation of the election commission chairman over alleged irregularities in voter registration.
The young cockroach movement has revived Indian democracy. Now Gen Z is again on the streets – and is becoming a real problem for the government.
(Jakarta=Yonhap News) Correspondent Son Hyun-kyu = An online group of India's Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2007) regarding allegations that voter lists were altered to favor the ruling party...
Protests continue over voter roll revisions; election watchdog says no law violated
An Indian youth group, the "Cockroach People's Party," rallied in Mumbai and New Delhi, demanding the resignation of the Election Commission chairman over allegations of voter registration manipulation.
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