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India arrests youth leaders protesting alleged voter roll manipulation · 2 sources tracked

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Leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been arrested multiple times recently amidst protests against alleged manipulation of voter rolls. The CJP activists and opposition parties accuse the election commission of altering voter lists to favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party, demands that the commission denies. The arrests, including those of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, have intensified concerns about democratic freedoms and the right to peaceful assembly in India, particularly after authorities revoked the designation of Jantar Mantar as a protest site. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    India jails ‘cockroach’ leaders over protests against alleged voter roll manipulation

    Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were remanded in custody for five days on Wednesday, as police ratcheted up efforts to clamp down on anti-election commission protests. CJP activists and opposition parties have defied a security crackdown to demand the…

  2. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bloomberg ·

    India’s ‘cockroach’ movement leaders arrested again as voter roll dispute grows

    Leaders of India’s “cockroach” protest movement were detained again on Tuesday, their second detention in days, as a stand-off with authorities deepened over a contentious overhaul of voter rolls. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, two prominent faces of the youth-led Cockroach Janta…

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