India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement leaders jailed ...

Summary

• NEW DELHI: Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been ordered to spend five days in jail after allegedly violating restrictions at a historic protest site in New Delhi, a move that could fuel further demonstrations over controversial voter list revisions.
• The arrests come amid growing demonstrations by opposition groups and student organisations, which have accused the Election Commission of making voter list changes that could benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Voter List Changes Fuel Anger The latest demonstrations followed reports that officials within the Election Commission had raised concerns about voter registration procedures, digital systems and revisions to electoral rolls.

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NEW DELHI: Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been ordered to spend five days in jail after allegedly violating restrictions at a historic protest site in New Delhi, a move that could fuel further demonstrations over controversial voter list revisions.

CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained after joining a group of around a dozen protesters who crossed barricades and entered the grounds of Jantar Mantar on Tuesday, chanting slogans demanding the resignation of Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.