India’s ‘cockroach’ movement demands election chief’s resignation

Youth group threatens return to mass protests, sets deadline for Gyanesh Kumar to quit due to reports of meddling with voter lists.By Al Jazeera Staff and ReutersPublished On 25 Sep 202625 Sep 2026India’s ‘cockroach’ party youth movement has threatened to launch nationwide protests unless the country’s chief election officer does not resign by Saturday.Founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, announced on Friday that protests would begin in Mumbai on October 2 – if Gyanesh Kumar does not step down.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Amnesty says India used lethal weapons on ‘Cockroach’ protesterslist 2 of 4India police clash with protesters a month after Gen Z demonstrationslist 3 of 4A teacher’s slap, student’s death revive India’s corporal punishment debatelist 4 of 4After Gen Z, India’s Gen Alpha rises, demanding education reformsend of listThe CJP, a satirical outfit born on Instagram in May after India’s chief justice compared unemployed young Indians to “cockroaches” and “parasites”, has shaken the staunchly conservative government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.On Thursday, the group demanded that Kumar quit within 48 hours, following a newspape...