India's 'cockroach' movement founder arrested after detention, media reports say
Police said the preventive arrest was meant to stop a breach of the peace as protesters demanded the election chief’s resignation over voter-list deletions.
- 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.
The Indian police detained the leader of the cockroach party, Abhijit Dipke, for violating the ban on visiting the Central Park in New Delhi; the leader of the cockroach party, Abhidjit Dipke, was taken into custody by the Indian police for violating the ban on visiting the Central Park in New Delhi, transmitting the Interfax with reference to India Today. Dipke received two notices demanding not to appear in the Connot Place area but ignored th…
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.
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