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“India’s Gen Z has been in the streets in anti-government protests against the controversial revision of electoral rolls.”

“Indian police detained several people in New Delhi on Saturday, disrupting a second day of protests backed by the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party and other opposition groups against changes to voter rolls.”

“The founder of India’s youth-led online “cockroach” movement and two other leaders were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner.”

“Indian authorities started mass detentions of people associated with the “Cockroach” youth movement, the group said on Thursday, just days ahead of a major planned protest in Delhi to demand the resignation of the nation’s top poll official.”

“Street protests in India this year are likely to be higher than at any time in the past decade, the independent Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) Project has said, as dissent mounts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and Gen Z…”

“For nearly a month, Jantar Mantar transformed into a vibrant hub of Gen-Z dissent, its walls transformed into canvases for angry slogans, defiant messages and graffiti challenging the government.”

“…r Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the elections commission chief over a controversial voter…”