India's 'cockroach' movement founder arrested after detention, media reports say
Police detained Abhijeet Dipke to prevent a breach of the peace as protests over voter-list revisions intensified and more than 130 million voters were deleted, reports said.
- On Friday, police arrested Indian "cockroach" movement founder Abhijeet Dipke in New Delhi ahead of a rally demanding the election chief's resignation. He faces a hearing before a Special Executive Magistrate on Saturday.
- The Cockroach Janta Party has held near-daily protests this month demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over a voter list revision that protesters allege favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party , which deleted more than 130 million names.
- Dipke had called Friday's protest to support two CJP leaders jailed for five days for violating a ban. Student activist Neha Bora was also detained Friday while attempting to reach central Delhi and released Saturday.
- Earlier this year, the movement forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation following a weeks-long sit-in over exam paper leaks, demonstrating the CJP's capacity to extract major concessions from government.
- While The Election Commission denied favoring any party and said deleted voters can re-enroll, The BJP accused rivals of attempting to undermine democracy by questioning legitimate electoral processes.
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India's 'cockroach' movement founder arrested after detention, media reports say
Police arrested Indian "cockroach" movement founder Abhijeet Dipke, according to several media reports on Saturday, after he was detained on Friday ahead of a Delhi rally that drew hundreds of people waving the national flag and demanding the resignation of India's election chief.
India's Cockroach party founder Abhijeet Dipke arrested after detention: Media reports
Police arrested India's Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke after he was detained ahead of a Delhi rally that drew hundreds waving Indian flag and demanding resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.
India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder arrested after detention, media reports say
Local police arrested India’s “cockroach” movement founder Abhijeet Dipke, according to several media reports on Oct 17, after he was detained on Oct 16 ahead of a Delhi rally that drew hundreds of people waving the national flag and demanding the resignation of India’s election chief.
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