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India's Cockroach Movement Protests

8 Oct to 16 Oct
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India's Cockroach Movement Protests. (2026, October 16). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/66439

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Protesters demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an end to the change, which has removed more than 130 million names from voter lists so far.

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Kumar has not commented but the Election Commission and the BJP have denied the allegations.

3 of 12 outletsfirst reported 8 Octwording from Dawn

Election Commission data cited by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party shows about 130 million names, more than the population of Japan, have been deleted from electoral rolls during the verification exercise, including 63 million people who had relocated and 30m who could not be traced.

3 of 12 outletsfirst reported 8 Octwording from Dawn

National elections are not due until 2029, but state elections next year in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, and Gujarat, Modi's home state, will test the party's standing.

3 of 12 outletsfirst reported 9 Octwording from NPR

The protests, called by the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision.

3 of 12 outletsfirst reported 10 Octwording from Dawn

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Abhijeet Dipke and two other Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders were detained before they could disembark from their flight after arriving in the capital from Mumbai.

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India’s cockroach party leaders freed as election chief protests mount

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Shock, anger and a crackdown: why a contentious electoral revision has sparked outrage The Guardian

How it changed

  1. 8 Oct

    Opposition parties, their student units, and the “Cockroach” youth movement have been holding almost daily demonstrations seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over a controversial revision of voter lists.

    7 outlets · Dawn
  2. 9 Oct

    The election commission and the government reject the allegations, saying the revision is aimed at removing duplicate and ineligible entries.

    3 outlets · The Guardian
  3. 10 Oct

    India protest live: Police detain Cockroach leaders, New Delhi in lockdown

    5 outlets · Al Jazeera
  4. 11 Oct

    A New Delhi court ordered on Sunday the release of three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), including its founder Abhijeet Dipke, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained.

    4 outlets · South China Morning Post
  5. 13 Oct

    On Monday, the Delhi police denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site, instead recommending three alternative locations.

    2 outlets · The Guardian
  6. 16 Oct

    Organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the campaign has become the focal point of opposition anger over allegations that the revised rolls favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party.

    2 outlets · Dawn

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