India’s ‘cockroach’ movement seeks to restore culture of accountability
Summary
The Cockroach Janta Party, which began as online political satire, has organized protests in India over exam paper leaks, unemployment and the cost of living. The movement now demands the chief election commissioner’s resignation over allegations of voter-list manipulation, which the election commission denies.Key Facts
- Founder Abhijeet Dipke says the CJP aims to promote government accountability.
- The CJP mobilized thousands of young people to protest in May.
- India’s education minister resigned weeks after the protests began.
- The CJP and opposition parties accuse the election commission of changing voter lists to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
- The election commission says it removed deceased, duplicate and ineligible voters and denies wrongdoing.
- The BJP says demonstrators are sowing chaos and undermining democracy.
- Several CJP leaders have been arrested, but Dipke says the movement will continue.
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