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Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement have been sent to jail for five days for violating a ban on protests at a site in central Delhi.
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leaders → lead → Delhi
A court ordered that Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, leaders of the Cockroach Janata party (CJP) movement, spend five days in Delhi’s Tihar prison for jumping over police barricades, holding up slogans and waving the Indian flag at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
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Ranka → order → Mantar
CJP leaders said the action was taken to demonstrate against the brutal crackdown on youth protesters in Delhi over the weekend and the decision by the Delhi police to shut-down Jantar Mantar – a stretch of road surrounding an observatory in central Delhi – as the capital’s designated protest site, a status it has held for more than 30 years.
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it → say → years
“You cannot denotify the resistance,” said Abhijit Dipke, the founder of the CJP, in a social media post which showed three of his fellow leaders entering Jantar Mantar, before they were tackled and detained by police on Tuesday.
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they → denotify → Tuesday
On Saturday, the CJP – a movement with a substantial following among India’s youth – called for a protest in Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of the election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, who is accused of overseeing the mass disenfranchisement of millions of Indian voters.
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who → call → voters
The CJP, alongside the opposition political parties and student groups, have accused Kumar of revising India’s electoral roll to advantage the ruling Narendra Modi government, a charge his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) denies.
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party → accuse → government
The election commission has denied favouring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol.
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voters → deny → party
Police denied permission for the protest on Saturday to take place and instead imposed a sweeping security crackdown.
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protest → deny → crackdown
About 30,000 police and paramilitary were deployed to prevent the demonstration in Jantar Mantar, which was blocked with barricades.
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which → deploy → barricades
More than 7,000 people were detained.
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people → detain → ?
In the aftermath, the police declared that protests would no longer be allowed at Jantar Mantar, provoking outrage among the CJP leaders.
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protests → declare → leaders
Prior to his arrest, Das posted: “Why is Narendra Modi scared of Jantar Mantar?
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Modi → post → Mantar
Jantar Mantar belongs to the people of India.”
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Mantar → belong → India
Ranka and Das were among about a dozen people who jumped the barricades on Tuesday to enter the grounds of the Jantar Mantar to wave flags and chant slogans.
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who → jump → slogans
In response to their sentencing, CJP founder Dipke accused the Modi government of resorting to “cowardly tactics” to “crush dissent”.
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Dipke → accuse → dissent
The response by the Modi government to the protests that have erupted nationwide – including the mass detentions – has drawn criticism from the UN human rights commissioner and human rights groups such as Amnesty.
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that → erupt → Amnesty
The Indian government hit back at the UN statement on the protests, calling it an “unwarranted and constitute an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the country”.
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government → hit → country
It was also met with concern by a UK political delegation visiting Delhi, led by trade minister Jonny Reynolds who confirmed he had raised it with the Indian government.
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he → meet → government
Kiran Stacey contributed reporting
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Stacey → contribute → reporting
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