Indian Youth Leader Says Protest Will Go Ahead Despite Detentions
- The Cockroach Janta Party alleged that at least 10,000 people were detained across India before its planned October 10 protest.
- The protest demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in revising voter rolls.
- CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said protesters would march to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar despite the detentions and restrictions.
- Delhi Police denied permission for the demonstration, while authorities planned to deploy about 23,000 security personnel across the capital.
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India deploys police, restricts transport ahead of major protest
The protests, called by the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision. Demonstrations erupted across the country after a newspaper investigation last month alleged misconduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI has rejected allegations of impropriety in the "special intensive revision", saying it was in…
India Begins Mass Arrests of ‘Cockroach’ Student Protesters
India’s Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), a youth movement that takes its self-deprecating name from an insult by an Indian official, said on Thursday that police have begun mass arrests of CJP activists to stave off a mass demonstration planned in New Delhi on Saturday.
Unprecedented security clampdown in Delhi; 25k personnel deployed, 57 metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended
New Delhi, Oct 9: An unprecedented security clampdown has been enforced in the Capital ahead of Saturday, after Delhi Police denied permission to the Cockroach Janta Party to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar, with the deployment of 25,000 police and paramilitary personnel, closure of 57 metro stations, suspension of internet services and intensive checks at city's border points, railway stations, bus terminals, hotels and other sensitive location…
Youth-led movement claims 'thousands detained' across the country ahead of weekend protest over deletion of voters from electoral rolls
Delhi Police denies permission for CJP protest; SC says Metro cannot be shut down completely
Delhi Police denied permission for an October 10 protest demanding the Chief Election Commissioner 's resignation, citing short notice and rule violations, while the Supreme Court opposed a complete metro shutdown.
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