Court frees ‘Cockroach’ movement leaders as Delhi protests continue
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A New Delhi court on Sunday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and senior leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, a day after police detained them ahead of a protest demanding the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner.
Police detained hundreds more demonstrators on Sunday as sporadic protests continued in Delhi, France 24 reported. On Saturday, more than 2,000 people were detained in the capital, according to an unnamed home ministry official cited by RTÉ. The CJP claimed more than 15,000 were detained, while local media reported about 400 detentions in Mumbai. Police did not immediately provide their own total.
The demonstrations target Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a nationwide voter-roll revision. Critics allege the process could remove eligible voters and benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. The Election Commission of India has rejected allegations of impropriety, saying the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries and that its decisions were unanimous and legally valid.
Authorities denied permission for Saturday’s rally and sealed off its planned site at Jantar Mantar. Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed, roads were barricaded, mobile internet was suspended in parts of central Delhi, and dozens of metro stations and markets were closed.
The CJP emerged after India’s chief justice compared some unemployed young people to “cockroaches.” The UN human rights office urged India to release people it described as arbitrarily detained in protests against alleged misconduct by electoral authorities.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Two details need to be corrected to match the source wording. - "The Election Commission of India has rejected allegations of impropriety, saying the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries and that its decisions were unanimous and lawful.": The sources say the ECI said its decisions were unanimous and legally valid, not lawful. - "The UN human rights office urged India to release people it described as arbitrarily detained during the protests.": The source says the UN office urged India to immediately release people arbitrarily detained in protests against alleged misconduct by electoral authorities, not necessarily only during the protests.
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Court frees ‘Cockroach’ movement leaders as Delhi protests continue
A New Delhi court on Sunday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and senior leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, a day after police detained them ahead of a protest demanding the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner.
Police detained hundreds more demonstrators on Sunday as sporadic protests continued in Delhi, France 24 reported. On Saturday, more than 2,000 people were detained in the capital, according to an unnamed home ministry official cited by RTÉ. The CJP claimed more than 15,000 were detained, while local media reported about 400 detentions in Mumbai. Police did not immediately provide their own total.
The demonstrations target Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a nationwide voter-roll revision. Critics allege the process could remove eligible voters and benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. The Election Commission of India has rejected allegations of impropriety, saying the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries and that its decisions were unanimous and lawful.legally valid.
Authorities denied permission for Saturday’s rally and sealed off its planned site at Jantar Mantar. Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed, roads were barricaded, mobile internet was suspended in parts of central Delhi, and dozens of metro stations and markets were closed.
The CJP emerged after India’s chief justice compared some unemployed young people to “cockroaches.” The UN human rights office urged India to release people it described as arbitrarily detained duringin theprotests protests.against alleged misconduct by electoral authorities.
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