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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 group called for criminal proceedings against Kumar, a freeze on the Special Intensive Revision, delayed elections, and an independent inquiry.
The Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times to electoral-roll decisions over 10 months.
The Election Commission said its decisions, including those involving the revision, were unanimous, while opposition leaders questioned the panel’s credibility.
(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...