Indian Youth Leader Says Protest Will Go Ahead Despite Detentions
- Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said the party would proceed with its October 10 protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar despite Delhi Police denying permission.
- Delhi Police cited the late application, public-order concerns, and restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
- The protest concerns alleged electoral-roll irregularities and the Special Intensive Revision, which the Election Commission described as an ongoing verification exercise.
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The leader of the movement "the thinkers, the spearhead of the student revolt in India, was arrested on Saturday in New Delhi by the police prior to the unauthorized demonstration he announced in order to request the resignation of the President of the Electoral Commission, according to his party, quoted by AFP. "Abhijeet Dipke was arrested!" wrote "The Party of the People of the Thinkers (CJP) on social networks, ...
The cockroach movement has planned a large demonstration against India's Election Commissioner on Saturday.
India deploys police, restricts transport ahead of major protest
The protests, called by the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision. Demonstrations erupted across the country after a newspaper investigation last month alleged misconduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI has rejected allegations of impropriety in the "special intensive revision", saying it was in…
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