Delhi Locks Down for 'Cockroach' Election Protest — SkimNews
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- Delhi Police stepped up security and warned of traffic disruptions ahead of the youth-led "Cockroach Janta Party" rally at Central Park in Connaught Place on Friday evening.
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faces near-daily protests demanding his resignation over a voter list revision that deleted more than 130 million names, which critics say favors PM Modi's BJP.
- The Election Commission denied favoring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enroll, while the BJP accused rivals of trying to undermine democracy.
- CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said Friday's flag protest backs two party leaders jailed for five days for demonstrating at a banned protest site.
- Civic authorities closed Central Park for two days citing "administrative reasons," and local traders petitioned the Supreme Court to block the rally, citing severe business losses.
- The cockroach movement is described as one of Modi's biggest political challenges in 12 years, having already forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation earlier this year over exam paper leaks.
Why it matters: The cockroach movement has become one of Modi's biggest political challenges in 12 years, having already forced a cabinet resignation earlier this year and now targeting the election chief over the deletion of 130 million voters. With the Supreme Court now being petitioned by traders, the institutional stakes around electoral credibility keep escalating.
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