India news: CJP founder released a day after detention
India's "Cockroach" movement founder, Abhijeet Dipke, was released after agreeing to certain conditions, according to the CJP's head of legal affairs. DW has more.
Indian "cockroach" movement founder Abhijeet Dipke was arrested by police on Friday ahead of a rally in Delhi, according to several media reports. The rally, which drew hundreds of people, demanded the resignation of Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a controversial voter list revision, reports suggest. Dipke was detained to avoid a breach of the peace and faces questioning by a Special Executive Magistrate on Saturday, broadcasters NDTV and India Today reported.
The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has been holding near-daily protests calling for the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner over the revision of voter lists that allegedly favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Over 130 million voters were removed from the list. The Election Commission denies any favoritism and states that wrongly deleted voters can re-enroll.
The BJP has accused opposition groups of attempting to undermine democracy. Student activist Neha Bora, also arrested on Friday, was released on Saturday.
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