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‘Cockroaches’ join India protests

Global Published 3 October 2026, 07:01 · archived 3 Oct 2026

NEW DELHI: Indian protesters rallied in New Delhi and Mumbai on Friday, including members of the popular youth-led “cockroach” party, demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner over alleged voter-roll irregularities. Police deployed in large numbers as protesters waved the national flag and chanted slogans against the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding its chief Gyanesh Kumar step down. A newspaper investigation by The Indian Express last month alleged impropriety during a large-scale voter-roll revision that has struck millions of names from lists. The ECI, India’...

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