India Detains Cockroach Leader

Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and fellow leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka as they arrived in Delhi. They also detained protesters trying to reach a youth rally demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and changes to voter-list revisions. Authorities deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel, barricaded central areas, restricted transport and suspended mobile internet. The dispute centers on a revision that has removed more than 130 million names from voter lists. Opposition parties and protesters say eligible voters were wrongly removed to favor Modi’s BJP; the Election Commission and government deny manipulation and call it a cleanup. Protesters still gathered, and police detained people nearby.