'Cockroach' protesters demand India's election chief resign over voter list changes
Hundreds joined the Gen Z-led protest as the Election Commission directed officials to register newly eligible voters and those omitted from rolls.
- On Friday, thousands gathered at Mumbai's Shivaji Park to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, organized by the Cockroach Janta Party .
- Internal friction within the Election Commission drove the protest after an Indian Express report revealed Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times to SIR decisions over 10 months.
- Protesters allege the Special Intensive Revision process deleted 133 million voters nationwide. CJP leader Ajinkya Shinde demanded, "Gyanesh Kumar must resign and face criminal proceedings," claiming deliberate manipulation to exclude opposition voters.
- Nationwide demonstrations on Friday led police to detain over 500 people in Delhi while opposition parties including the Congress joined the movement demanding the CEC's removal and criticizing electoral roll handling.
- CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a mass protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on October 10 if Kumar does not resign, warning this "Jantar Mantar 2.0" will persist until electoral integrity demands are met.
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The young cockroach movement has revived Indian democracy. Now Gen Z is again on the streets – and is becoming a real problem for the government.
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Protests continue over voter roll revisions; election watchdog says no law violated
An Indian youth group, the "Cockroach People's Party," rallied in Mumbai and New Delhi, demanding the resignation of the Election Commission chairman over allegations of voter registration manipulation.
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The Frontier PostHundreds from India’s Gen Z-led ‘cockroach’ party protest, seek election chief’s resignation
MUMBAI/DELHI: Hundreds of supporters of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party protested in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Friday, kicking off a new nationwide campaign against changes to voter rolls they say benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party. The demonstration marks the latest in a series of youth-led protests that have emerged this year, putting pressure on Modi unprecedented in his 12 years in power. Critics say a natio…
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