India’s ‘Cockroach’ party accuses government of mass detention of members ahead of weekend protest
Summary
India’s youth movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) says police have detained thousands of its members before a planned protest in New Delhi. The protest is against changes to voter lists that opposition parties claim unfairly remove many voters, a charge denied by the government.Key Facts
- The Cockroach Janta Party began as a satire but is now a growing political youth group in India.
- Authorities have detained about 10,000 CJP members and supporters across India ahead of a protest on October 10 in New Delhi.
- The protest aims to demand the resignation of the election commissioner over a controversial review of voter lists.
- Over 130 million names have been removed from voter lists during a nationwide revision.
- Opposition parties say the deletions mostly affect their supporters and favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.
- The government and election commission say the revision removes only duplicate or ineligible voters.
- Police briefly detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and others during a protest attempt.
- Police have put up barricades in New Delhi ahead of the planned demonstrations.
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