Founder of India’s Gen-Z ‘Cockroach’ movement detained ahead of planned protest, party says
- Indian police arrested Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke before a planned protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- The Cockroach Janta Party alleged that at least 10,000 people, including students, farmers, and Dalit organization members, were detained nationwide.
- Authorities denied permission for the October 10 Delhi protest and planned to deploy about 23,000 security personnel across the capital.
- Protesters accused the Election Commission of irregularities in revising voter rolls, while the commission and government denied political motives.
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Thousands From India's 'Cockroach' Movement Detained
Indian authorities deployed a sweating security crackdown across New Delhi andtained thousands of protests on Saturday as India's youth "Cockroach" movement somehow to intensively a nationwide campaign against a contentious vote-list revision that has been fueled abroad at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government and election authorities. Police moved...
Police in India have arrested more than 2,000 protesters in New Delhi. The capital was virtually shut down earlier in the day in the run-up to a youth protest.
India detains thousands as 'Cockroach' youth movement protests voter list revision
Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India’s youth "Cockroach" movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fuelled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and election authorities.
The police armored the capital on the day of the Cockroach Janta Party's demonstration against the new electoral rules wanted by Prime Minister Modi. Rahul Gandhi: "Keep going down to the square, proud of you"
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