India: Delhi braces for Cockroach protest amid strict curbs
The 'Cockroaches' are returning to Delhi to demand the resignation of India's election chief. Police have not authorized the protest, and heavy security arrangements are in place. DW has the latest.
India's opposition parties, led by the Congress party and headed by leader Rahul Gandhi, are rallying against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of voter list irregularities. The country's largest opposition bloc has been conducting a series of protest marches in recent days, with leading opposition MPs, including Gandhi, being detained by police during their efforts to resist arrest.
The opposition claims that a large-scale deletion of millions of voters from India's electoral rolls benefits the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a claim the party firmly denies. Meanwhile, Delhi has become a heavily secured fortress, with thousands of police and paramilitary personnel on standby, internet access curbed, and train services disrupted in anticipation of potential clashes.
The police have refused the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) permission to hold a demonstration at Jantar Mantar, a historic political site where similar protests have taken place before, but the CJP is still urging supporters from across India to gather there, calling the protest a fundamental right.
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