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India cockroach movement founder arrested ahead of protest

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 04:02 · Archive

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has been arrested by police ahead of a planned protest in New Delhi.

Indian 'cockroach' movement founder Abhijeet Dipke has been arrested by police ahead of a rally in New Delhi. Police detained him on Friday as he stepped out of a house in central Delhi. He was arrested under preventive provisions to prevent a breach of the peace and will be called before a court.

The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party, opposition groups and student organisations have held near-daily protests this month demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. They allege a revision of voter lists favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. More than 130 million voters were deleted during the revision. Dipke had called Friday's protest in support of two CJP leaders who were detained and sent to jail for five days this week for demonstrating at a protest site in violation of a ban.

The Election Commission has denied favouring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol. The BJP has accused rivals of trying to undermine democracy by wrongly questioning legitimate electoral processes. Student activist Neha Bora, a prominent face of the protests, was also detained on Friday as she tried to reach central Delhi with supporters but was later released.

India cockroach movement founder arrested ahead of protest
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In this story: Abhijeet Dipke · Gyanesh Kumar · Narendra Modi · Cockroach Janta Party · Bharatiya Janata Party · Neha Bora · New Delhi · India

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