India 'cockroach' leaders who called on election chief to quit are freed from jail
Summary
Two leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were released from jail after being held for a week. They were arrested for entering a banned protest area in Delhi, where they have been demanding the chief election commissioner resign amid accusations of unfair voter roll revisions.Key Facts
- Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka are leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth collective.
- They were arrested for trespassing at the Jantar Mantar protest site after it was removed from the list of designated protest areas.
- The CJP calls for the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner, alleging manipulation of voter lists.
- The Election Commission and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) deny these accusations.
- About 130 million names have been removed from voter lists in a process called Special Intensive Revision (SIR) since last year.
- Critics say this voter list revision might wrongly exclude eligible voters.
- The CJP began as an internet movement and has organized large protests criticizing the government, including one leading to the education minister’s resignation.
- The special executive magistrate court in Delhi ordered their release after a week in Tihar jail.
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