India’s ‘Cockroach’ party accuses government of mass detention of members ahead of weekend protest

Thousands are expected to march in Delhi on Saturday as anger grows over controversial changes to voter lists. The Cockroach Janta Party, a satirical movement that has become a political force among Gen Z, has seen its members detained en masse by authorities days before the protest. Opposition parties, student groups, and the Cockroach youth movement have been holding almost daily demonstrations demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Thousands expected to march in Delhi on Saturday, as anger mounts over controversial changes to voter lists in world’s largest democracy India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which began as a satirical movement but is now emerging as a political force among gen Z’s, says authorities have begun detaining its members en masse days before a major anti-government protest in Delhi. Opposition parties, their student units, and the “Cockroach” youth movement have been holding almost daily demonstrations seeking the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a controversial revision of ⁠voter lists.

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