India's Cockroach Janata Party says authorities are detaining members ahead of Delhi protest
The youth-led Cockroach Janata Party says authorities have begun mass detentions of its members days before a large anti-government march planned for Saturday in Delhi.
India's Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) says authorities have begun detaining its members en masse. The party made the claim days before a major anti-government protest in Delhi planned for Saturday, according to The Guardian and Al Jazeera.
The Guardian reports that thousands are expected to march in Delhi on Saturday. It says the CJP began as a satirical movement and is now emerging as a political force among Gen Z voters.
Opposition parties, their student wings and the CJP youth movement have been holding almost daily demonstrations, The Guardian reports. They want chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over a revision of voter lists. Al Jazeera describes the CJP as student-led and says it joins the opposition in demanding his resignation.
The reports give no figures on how many people were detained. They do not include a response from authorities.
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- Al JazeeraIndia’s Cockroach movement says members detained as protests continueThu, Oct 8, 3:49 PM EDT
- The GuardianIndia’s ‘Cockroach’ party accuses government of mass detention of members ahead of weekend protestThu, Oct 8, 9:55 PM EDT
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