India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi in lockdown

Police in India’s capital New Delhi have detained more than 1,000 protesters, opposition politicians, journalists, student union leaders, lawyers and the founders of the “Cockroach” youth movement in an effort to quash their demonstration demanding the resignation of the election chief.The satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and other youth groups had announced a protest in the subcontinent’s capital for Saturday, aimed at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a revision of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3India’s Cockroach Party says members detained ahead of protestlist 2 of 3Satire silenced: Indian artists face censorship as anti-Modi protests growlist 3 of 3India deploys police and restricts transport ahead of mass protest in Delhiend of listThe protesters accuse the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the SIR to sway election results, ‌in collusion with its appointees in the election commission, including Kumar.Meanwhile, opposition parties say the voter deletions also affected the outcome of some recent state elections won by the BJP, and have cast a shadow on elections in the world’s largest democra...