Leaders from India's 'Cockroach' movement released from detention, pledge to hold more protests
Summary
Leaders of an Indian youth group called the Cockroach Janata Party were released from police detention and promised to keep protesting against changes in the voter list. The group wants India’s chief election commissioner to resign, saying the removal of over 130 million voters is unfair, while the government says it is necessary to clean up the list.Key Facts
- The Cockroach Janata Party leaders were held by police but released on the promise to avoid violence for one year.
- Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and opposition lawmakers during recent protests in New Delhi.
- The protests oppose the removal of over 130 million voters from the electoral list since last year.
- The Indian government and election officials deny any political bias in cleaning the voter list.
- Train and metro services in New Delhi were stopped, and mobile internet was partly cut during the crackdown.
- The Cockroach movement started online after a top judge compared unemployed young people to parasites.
- The group helped force the resignation of India’s education minister in July.
- Protesters want the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, to resign.
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