India’s crackdown on youth protesters: What next?

India’s capital is bracing for a second day of protests after thousands of people, including the leaders of the “cockroach” youth movement and opposition politicians, were detained amid a major crackdown on demonstrators.Abhijeet Dipke, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “bully” shortly after he was released on Sunday. Thousands of other protesters, some of whom are members of left-wing student groups, were released on Sunday after the Supreme Court called their detention “illegal”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3India’s Cockroach Party founder, top leaders detained ahead of protestlist 2 of 3‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital on lockdown before protestslist 3 of 3India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders released from detention after police crackdownend of list“Modi, as PM, is an embarrassment to India. Never has this country seen a bigger coward and bully,” Dipke said in a post on X.The protesters are demanding that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign over a revision of voter lists that they say disproportionately benefits Prime Minister Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Millions of voters, including M...