Delhi braces for more protests as 'cockroach' group's leaders released
Police detained the three leaders on arrival as thousands were blocked from reaching Jantar Mantar, and 7,000 people were held, media reports said.
- On Saturday, October 10, authorities launched a sweeping crackdown in New Delhi to thwart a march by the Cockroach Janta Party , detaining hundreds of protesters and opposition leaders amid a city-wide security lockdown.
- Demonstrators aimed to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom they accuse of disenfranchising voters by stripping more than 130 million names from electoral rolls to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party .
- Security forces deployed 43,000 personnel, closed 45 metro stations, and suspended mobile internet within a 4km radius of central Delhi to prevent gatherings, according to local reports.
- Police detained nearly 1,200 people overnight, including CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and senior opposition figures Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, and Pinarayi Vijayan near Jantar Mantar.
- The 'Season 2' movement follows the group's successful earlier campaign that forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign, testing whether viral online activism can effectively challenge India's electoral institutions.
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BBC Hindi correspondent Dilnawaz Pasha wants everyone to know that he is doing his job. When police stopped him near barricades during the Cockroach party protests, he challenged them. BBC’s own social media handles show that he tried to cross the barricade. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BBC News […]
A protester shouts slogans from inside a police car after being arrested during protest in Mumbai Getty Images via BBC In a new wave of protests in India, the Barata People's Party (CJP) movement, in the English acronym for Cockroach Janta Party, took thousands of young people to the streets of Mumbai and New Delhi this weekend to demand the resignation of the country's main electoral authority. The CJP is a satirical political movement led by t…
Hundreds of protesters were detained in Delhi for a second day as they protested for a second day demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chairman Gyanesh Kumar. The protests are linked to allegations that changes in voter lists have removed the names of millions of voters, which the opposition says favors the ruling Indian National Congress Party. Young protesters, including members of student organizations, have staged sporadic rallie…
‘Cockroach’ protest movement leaders vow to continue demonstrations
NEW DELHI (AP): Leaders of a popular Indian youth movement vowed to continue protests Sunday after being released from detention, a day after police cracked down on demonstrations against a controversial revision of voter lists. The movement is demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief.
Thousands detained in India in massive anti-government protests
Indian authorities released the leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party on Sunday, after security forces detained thousands of protesters during massive anti-government demonstrations. The satirical party — which in July forced the resignation of India’s education minister — is at the center of youth-led protests that roiled the Indian capital on Saturday, prompted by what the Cockroaches and others allege was a politically motivated purge of voter…
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