Indian police detain 'cockroach' movement leaders demanding election chief's resignation
NEW DELHI: Top leaders of India’s “cockroach” youth movement were detained on Tuesday after they jumped barricades to enter the grounds of a historic observatory popular for protests, chanting slogans demanding the chief election commissioner’s resignation over a controversial revision of voter lists. Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and opposition groups have held almost daily…
Delhi police apprehended prominent figures of India’s “cockroach” youth movement on Tuesday, as they trespassed into a renowned observatory renowned for protests. The demonstrators, rallying behind the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), chanted slogans urging the removal of the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, over a contentious revision of voter lists.
Multiple protests by supporters of the CJP and opposition parties have taken place throughout the month, demanding Kumar’s resignation, with critics alleging that the deletions in the voter list favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission, however, maintains that the deletions were not partisan and that wrongly removed voters can re-enroll.
The BJP, on the other hand, asserts that opposition parties are attempting to undermine democratic processes by questioning the legitimacy of the electoral system.
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