Delhi braces for more protests as 'cockroach' group's leaders released
Police released the three CJP leaders after a court ordered them freed on condition they maintain peace for one year.
- On Sunday, October 11, 2026, an executive magistrate court ordered the release of three Cockroach Janta Party leaders, including founder Abhijeet Dipke, after their detention on Saturday.
- The group had been detained while arriving in New Delhi to lead protests against the Election Commission of India over nationwide voter-roll revisions that critics allege removed more than 133 million names.
- Authorities deployed thousands of security personnel and barricaded roads on Saturday to thwart the demonstration, shutting at least 45 metro stations and canceling major train services across the capital.
- Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi condemned the government's actions, vowing that his Congress party and the country's youth will "once again take to the streets in large numbers" on Monday.
- The CJP emerged in May after Chief Justice Surya Kant likened jobless youth to "cockroaches," sparking a movement that now demands electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
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