Indian police detain 'cockroach' movement leaders demanding election chief's resignation
About 20 volunteers were detained after entering the protest site, as critics said the voter-list revision removed over 130 million names.
- On Tuesday, top leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party were detained after jumping barricades at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar observatory to demand Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over voter-list revisions.
- Internal dissent followed a voter-list revision that removed over 130 million names starting last year, including 28 million deceased and 63 million who relocated, according to Indian Express reports published last month.
- CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das, and Ajinkya Shinde were among about 20 volunteers who "sneaked" into the observatory to "reclaim" the site, waving the Indian flag before police detained them.
- Delhi Police announced on Monday that Jantar Mantar is no longer an official protest site, prompting CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke to declare on X, "You cannot denotify the resistance."
- The movement poses a significant challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party in his 12 years in power, while opposition groups allege voter revisions disproportionately affect Muslim voters.
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Protests continue in India following the removal of over 130 million people from the electoral rolls. The opposition and youth movements, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of interfering in the elections, are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Leaders of a youth movement who breached police barricades at the historic Jantar Mantar area in New Delhi, used for protests, have been detained.
Indian police detain 'cockroach' movement leaders demanding election chief's resignation
Top leaders of the movement were detained after they jumped barricades to enter the grounds of the Jantar Mantar observatory popular for protests, chanting slogans demanding the chief election commissioner's resignation over a controversial revision of voter lists.
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