Security stepped up in India's capital for 'cockroach' movement rally
Police deployed thousands of personnel and closed Central Park as the protest group pressed for the election chief’s resignation over voter-roll revisions.
- On Friday, Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke before he could reach Central Park in Connaught Place for the planned 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march, effectively preventing the demonstration.
- The march aimed to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, with the CJP alleging that a faulty electoral roll revision removed 14 per cent of the electorate from voting rolls.
- Authorities previously closed Central Park for 'administrative reasons,' while CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka remain jailed for five days following their trespass at Jantar Mantar on October 13.
- New Delhi Traders Association president Atul Bhargava reported business activity in Connaught Place fell to 30-35% of normal levels, prompting traders to request police protection during the festive season.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dismissed opposition allegations, claiming the movement seeks to 'destroy democratic institutions,' while CJP supporters maintain their right to protest is constitutionally protected.
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India detains top 'cockroach' leader as hundreds protest in capital
Dipke, 31, was detained shortly before a rally called by the online movement in the heart of New Delhi where hundreds of protesters marched on Friday evening, despite heavy security measures. The CJP founder had urged supporters to gather in the capital's busy commercial hub of Connaught Place with Indian flags in a show of solidarity after two of his colleagues were detained this week for breaching security barricades at Jantar Mantar, a prote…
The mobilization of Indian youth is growing as the opposition and the Cafard People's Party denounce a revision of the electoral lists, considered discriminatory by many demonstrators.
Abhijeet Dipke stopped in New Delhi as he left his home to go to a demonstration he called against the revision of the electoral lists
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