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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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In Delhi, more than 2,000 protesters were detained, the Internet was restricted and the subway was closed. The participants demanded the resignation of the chairman of the Election Commission of India.

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Police arrested the leader of the youth movement “Cucarachas” and thousands of other protesters to neutralize a march for the adulteration of the patrons in favor of Narendra Modi’s nationalist government

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The authorities tried to prevent a massive youth demonstration on Saturday, October 10, by making thousands of arrests. The cockroaches party, which was the cause of the mobilization, promised to be back on the streets of the capital as soon as SundayThe mobilization of Indian youth was colossal this Saturday, October 10, in New Delhi. At the call of the cockroach movement, a satirical party born of a joke on the internet in May, of left-wing st…

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In the Indian capital of New Delhi, the police stopped government-critical protests.

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The Print broke the news in New Delhi, India on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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