India's 'cockroach' protesters set to return despite police crackdown
Summary
Thousands of young protesters from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) plan to protest again in Delhi despite police trying to stop them and jailing some leaders. The group wants changes to India's election system and is fighting for the right to protest in public places.Key Facts
- The Cockroach Janta Party is a youth-led group demanding electoral reforms in India.
- Two CJP leaders were jailed for five days after protesting at a restricted site, Jantar Mantar.
- The protesters want to hold a demonstration at Central Park in Delhi, which is also not an approved protest area.
- Delhi police used barricades and detained many protesters to stop demonstrations last week.
- The CJP started after India's chief justice called some unemployed youth "cockroaches," a term supporters reclaimed to protest.
- The protest is against the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls, which critics say removed over 130 million names unfairly.
- The CJP demands the Chief Election Commissioner to resign, accusing bias toward Prime Minister Modi’s party, which is denied by officials.
- Police detained CJP leaders as they arrived in Delhi, and heavy security measures were used to prevent protests, including road closures and metro station shutdowns.
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