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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Demonstrations were planned in New Delhi this weekend against the cleaning of voter registers, which opponents say wrongfully deprives millions of citizens of their right to vote.
The Cockroach Janta Party movement is demonstrating against the review of the electoral registers. Their allegations are delicate for the Delhi government, which has 2000 people arrested. The world's largest democracy is wrestling for its credibility.
A wave of arrests took place on Saturday in New Delhi to try to prevent the holding of a banned demonstration, in opposition to an electoral review accused of discriminating against minorities. Three leaders of the "cafard" movement were briefly arrested.
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.
Indian police arrested the leader of the popular youth movement the 'cucarachas' along with thousands of protesters who were enlisting to protest.
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