India 'cockroach' leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site
Police detained CJP leaders and supporters after they scaled barricades to protest voter-list revisions and demand the election chief’s resignation.
- On Tuesday, top leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party were detained after jumping barricades at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar observatory to demand Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over voter-list revisions.
- Internal dissent followed a voter-list revision that removed over 130 million names starting last year, including 28 million deceased and 63 million who relocated, according to Indian Express reports published last month.
- CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das, and Ajinkya Shinde were among about 20 volunteers who "sneaked" into the observatory to "reclaim" the site, waving the Indian flag before police detained them.
- Delhi Police announced on Monday that Jantar Mantar is no longer an official protest site, prompting CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke to declare on X, "You cannot denotify the resistance."
- The movement poses a significant challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party in his 12 years in power, while opposition groups allege voter revisions disproportionately affect Muslim voters.
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‘You cannot denotify the resistance’: India’s Cockroach Janta Party defies crackdown to enter landmark Delhi protest site
NEW DELHI, Oct 13 — India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said on Tuesday that key leaders had been detained after entering an iconic protest site in New Delhi that was...
Indian police arrested the youth leaders of the cockroach movement after breaking into Guntar Mantar Square to demand the resignation of the president of the Electoral Commission, against the backdrop of the removal of more than 130 million names from the voters' lists.
Indian police have detained a leader of the "Cockroach Party" after he breached barricades and entered a rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, shouting demands for the resignation of the Election Commission chairman.
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This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more breaking news and exclusive reports, visit our website. The electoral commission and its chairman deny any irregularities in the process. Since then, the police have banned gatherings at the Jantar site. This article was first published on Cedarnews. For more breaking news and exclusive reports, visit our official website.
Protests continue in India following the removal of over 130 million people from the electoral rolls. The opposition and youth movements, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of interfering in the elections, are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Leaders of a youth movement who breached police barricades at the historic Jantar Mantar area in New Delhi, used for protests, have been detained.
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