Founder of India’s Gen-Z ‘Cockroach’ movement detained ahead of planned protest, party says
- Delhi Police denied the Cockroach Janta Party permission to protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10, citing short notice, alleged earlier non-compliance, and law-and-order concerns.
- The group said police detained founder Abhijeet Dipke and party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after their flight from Mumbai landed in Delhi.
- Authorities sealed Jantar Mantar and detained hundreds of protesters.
- The protest sought Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over voter-list revisions that critics said benefited the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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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.
Indian police arrested the leader of the popular youth movement the 'cucarachas' along with thousands of protesters who were enlisting to protest.
India detains thousands, arrests 'Cockroach' movement founder
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
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…
In the Indian capital of New Delhi, the police stopped government-critical protests.
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