Indian court extends detention of ‘Cockroach’ leaders
Summary
An Indian court has extended the detention of two leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, who were arrested for protesting at a banned site in New Delhi. The CJP is leading near-daily protests against changes to voter lists, which they say unfairly favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.Key Facts
- Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained after protesting at Jantar Mantar, a historic protest site removed from the government’s approved list.
- They were first jailed for five days and then had their detention extended by two more days for police questioning.
- The CJP is protesting against the removal of 130 million names from India’s voter lists.
- The Election Commission says many names were removed because people died, moved, or could not be found, and said mistakes can be corrected.
- The ruling BJP party denies bias and says critics are trying to weaken democracy.
- The CJP’s legal team plans to challenge the detention extension in a higher court.
- Earlier protests by the CJP helped force the resignation of India’s Education Minister over exam paper leaks.
- Several CJP leaders and supporters were also detained during recent protests in New Delhi.
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