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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - NEW DELHI — Top leaders of India's "cockroach" youth movement have been detained after they jumped barricades to enter the grounds of a historic observatory in New Delhi, chanting slogans demanding the chief election commissioner's resignation over a controversial revision of voter lists.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde were among about 20 volunteers who “sneaked” into Jantar Mantar to “reclaim” the popular protest site and were detained on Tuesday.
Supporters of the CJP and opposition groups have held almost daily protests this month to demand CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over the revisions critics say favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Thousands joined a protest march on Monday, after a clampdown foiled CJP plans for a weekend demonstration. Earlier, police detained thousands of protesters, including CJP leaders, over the weekend.
The Delhi Police announced on Monday that the Jantar Mantar was no longer designated an official protest site and that three new venues had been identified for demonstrations.
However, CJP leaders and supporters went ahead with their protest plan at the Jantar Mantar and were taken into custody.
“You cannot denotify the resistance,” CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said on X after their detention.
A video posted to his account shows about a dozen volunteers jumping a gate and barricades to reach the site, where they waved the Indian flag and chanted slogans as police arrived and detained them.
In an earlier post, Dipke said the government’s efforts to block the site would do nothing to deter their campaign.
“If Modi thinks taking away Jantar Mantar will put an end to protests, he is mistaken. Jantar Mantar is not just a location but a spirit of resistance that nobody can ever take away,” he said.
The youth-led movement, which has mobilized protests in recent months over a range of issues, is among the biggest political challenges to the BJP and Modi in his 12 years in power.
The Election Commission has denied favoring any party with its revisions to the voter list, and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enroll.
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