India’s ‘cockroach’ movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party and police say
An Indian court ordered that two leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) be detained in jail for five days, the party and police said on Wednesday, a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief's resignation.
Two leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been jailed for five days after entering a historic site to chant slogans demanding the resignation of the election chief. The detentions come amid a wave of protests led by the party, which is challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over voter list revisions. The party denies any wrongdoing, while the BJP accuses opponents of attempting to undermine the electoral process.
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