Security stepped up in India's capital for 'cockroach' movement rally
Authorities deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel as the CJP protest follows arrests of two leaders and a push for the election chief’s resignation.
- Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke called for a national-flag gathering at Central Park in Connaught Place on October 16.
- Delhi Police planned a high-level meeting on security, traffic diversions, barricades, and possible Metro station restrictions.
- CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were placed in five-day judicial custody over alleged peace-bond violations and trespassing at Jantar Mantar.
- The New Delhi Municipal Council said Central Park would be closed to the public on October 16 and 17, while Connaught Place traders planned to remain open.
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Indian police detain ‘cockroach’ movement leader ahead of New Delhi protest
Police detained India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday, live images from his group showed, ahead of a protest called by him in capital New Delhi’s central business district, the latest rally to demand the resignation of India’s election chief. The youth-led ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ (CJP), opposition groups and student organisations have held almost daily protests this month demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kum…
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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Indian authorities tighten security in New Delhi ahead of ‘Cockroach’ movement’s rally
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities increased security in the capital and closed a central New Delhi park on Friday ahead of a flag-waving protest called by the youth “Cockroach” movement demanding the resignation of India’s election chief. Protests by the youth and opposition parties have intensified over an ongoing review of voter lists that...
In anticipation of new protests against the amendment of the electoral rolls called for by the "Croaches Party" the Indian police lifted the high alert again today in New Delhi, the capital.
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