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In support of the demand for the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, protesters tried to gather at Jantar Mantar on Saturday. At that time, more than a hundred people, including leaders of the "Cockroach Janata Party" (CJP), were detained. Later, today, Sunday, the CJP leaders were released from Delhi Police custody. Immediately after their release, they announced at a press conference that they would spread the movement against electoral rigging across India....

Bollywood actor Imran Khan was detained by police while attempting to join a protest in Mumbai, India, on Saturday. He was among several hundred protesters detained while expressing solidarity with a demonstration demanding the resignation of the country’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, on October 10.According to Indian media reports, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) had called for a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. In solidarity with the demonstration, a rally was organized at Au...

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was detained on Saturday while staging a sit-in outside a residence in New Delhi, the capital of India. Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmakers were also detained, including Dola Sen, Derek O’Brien, Pratima Bannerjee and Samirul Islam.Speaking out against the Delhi Police action, Mamata said on Saturday, “The police are not even allowing us to stage a peaceful sit-in. Holding a sit-in and expressing dissent are our constitutional rights....

Police in India's capital, New Delhi, detained at least 1,000 people overnight ahead of a protest called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and the All India Students' Association (AISA) scheduled for Saturday. The demonstration was called to demand the resignation of the country's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.Citing police sources, The Indian Express reported that around 250 of those detained by 12:30 a.m. Saturday were from southeast Delhi. Most were picked up from areas around...

New Delhi is set to effectively turn into a fortress on Saturday amid a Gen Z protest. Security has been tightened around the demonstrations organized by the Cockroach Janata Party and student organizations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. As part of the security measures, entry and exit gates at 57 metro stations in central Delhi will remain closed. Delhi Police has also requested the railway authorities to cancel all trains arriving at and departing...

The Cockroach Janata Party's protest came to an end with the resignation of India's education minister. Reflecting on the movement and its significance, Advocate Sunny Jahdav, a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India, writes for the readers of Agamir Somoy about his experience of the protest.For years, many have argued that Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy has become irrelevant in contemporary India. Critics claim that his ideals of non-violence, secularism, truth and compassion have been eclipsed by d...

The student protests that began on the streets of Delhi have now spread to various cities across India. Amid allegations of police crackdowns, clashes, and political tensions surrounding the demonstrations, the RSS-affiliated student organization Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has now broken its silence. While expressing concern over the demands of the protesting students and the question paper leak incidents, the organization has also blamed "planned provocation" for the recent viole...

Police in Delhi arrested six people on Saturday during a protest rally organized by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar. Officials stated that the arrests were made as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order, based on intelligence inputs suggesting possible tensions between s...

Jantar Mantar in New Delhi witnessed a striking scene on Saturday as supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) gathered wearing cockroach masks, holding placards, and carrying the national flag while demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. From early mornin...

Following the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP) in India, a new symbolic political formation called the ‘Cockroach Awami Party’ has now emerged in Pakistan. The group has drawn attention online after being launched in protest against what it described as a ‘sarcastic’ remark by the Chief Justice of...