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De-Modification: India’s “Cockroach” party is challenging the country’s slide toward autocracy

Authorities in Delhi have shut down the metro, cut off mobile internet, and detained hundreds of opposition members — including the leader of an opposition youth movement called the Cockroach Janta Party. Narendra Modi’s government is cracking down on a wave of protests inspired by his decision to strike 130 million voters from the rolls. The opposition and human rights activists claim that the…

De-Modification: India’s “Cockroach” party is challenging the country’s slide toward autocracy

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