Delhi braces for more protests as 'cockroach' group's leaders released
- On Sunday, October 11, 2026, an executive magistrate court ordered the release of three Cockroach Janta Party leaders, including founder Abhijeet Dipke, after their detention on Saturday.
- The group had been detained while arriving in New Delhi to lead protests against the Election Commission of India over nationwide voter-roll revisions that critics allege removed more than 133 million names.
- Authorities deployed thousands of security personnel and barricaded roads on Saturday to thwart the demonstration, shutting at least 45 metro stations and canceling major train services across the capital.
- Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi condemned the government's actions, vowing that his Congress party and the country's youth will "once again take to the streets in large numbers" on Monday.
- The CJP emerged in May after Chief Justice Surya Kant likened jobless youth to "cockroaches," sparking a movement that now demands electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
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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…
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…
According to the order of a court in New Delhi, three leading members of the government-critical Indian "kakerlaken" movement have been released.
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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 and Mumbai amid a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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