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India's 'cockroach' movement to protest from Oct. 2 if poll chief does not quit by Saturday
- The Cockroach Janta Party demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours or face nationwide protests beginning October 2.
- The demand followed a report that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected 14 times to decisions linked to voter-roll revisions.
- The campaign called for an independent inquiry and a freeze on the voter-roll revision process.
- The Election Commission said its decisions were unanimous, while BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra defended the panel and rejected criticism of it.
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(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = As controversy arose in India over allegations that the election commission altered voter lists in favor of the ruling party, Gen Z groups [called] 'Cockroach Nation...
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Millions of voters have been cut off from the lists in India in recent months. Even within the electoral commission, this apparently caused controversy. Now the calls for the resignation of the chief of the panel are increasing.
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Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has come out in support of controversial Chief Electoral Officer Gyanesh Kumar. Gyanesh Kumar to be conferred with Padma Bhushan
·Kottayam, India
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Total News Sources181
Leaning Left16Leaning Right28Center16Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Right
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Right
46% Right
L 27%
C 27%
R 46%
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