India detains Cockroach Janata Party founder ahead...

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• NEW DELHI: Indian police detained Abhijit Deepke, founder of the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), ahead of a planned protest against the Election Commission in New Delhi, as authorities deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel across the capital, according to reports in Indian media.
• The party said Deepke had arrived in New Delhi from Mumbai when police officers approached him at the airport and asked him to cancel a planned demonstration at Jantar Mantar.
• The Cockroach Janata Party also claimed that at least 10,000 people had been detained nationwide ahead of the planned demonstrations.

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NEW DELHI: Indian police detained Abhijit Deepke, founder of the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), ahead of a planned protest against the Election Commission in New Delhi, as authorities deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel across the capital, according to reports in Indian media.

The party said Deepke had arrived in New Delhi from Mumbai when police officers approached him at the airport and asked him to cancel a planned demonstration at Jantar Mantar.

The detention came amid heightened tensions over demands for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar following controversial revisions to India’s electoral rolls.