Delhi braces for more protests as 'cockroach' group's leaders released
- On Sunday, October 11, 2026, a Delhi magistrate ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after they furnished a Rs 50,000 bond following 24 hours of detention.
- The CJP leaders were detained Saturday while arriving in Delhi to lead protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom critics allege manipulated voter roll revisions affecting more than 130 million names to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party .
- Authorities deployed around 30,000 personnel across Delhi on October 10, closing 45 metro stations and detaining thousands of protesters to prevent the CJP-led march from reaching Jantar Mantar, the capital's designated protest site.
- Following their release, Dipke wrote on X, "We will hit the streets again," vowing continued agitation until Kumar resigns, while the UN human rights office urged authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly.
- India's Supreme Court held a special hearing on Sunday to address petitions challenging the detentions, as political commentator Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay noted public anger has broadened into a major challenge to the Modi government.
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‘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.
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