India’s 'Cockroach' youth protesters are to rally again and demand ouster of election chief

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Saaliq, S. (2026, October 2). India’s 'Cockroach' youth protesters are to rally again and demand ouster of election chief. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/india-s-cockroach-youth-protesters-are-to-rally-again-and-demand-ouster-of-election-chief/article_beca906f-8740-5024-8a59-4c3c38a9c699.html

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India’s "Cockroach" youth protesters are planning another demonstration in Mumbai on Friday to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner over recent changes to voter rolls. This movement, initially an online campaign and now known as the Cockroach Janata Party, previously succeeded in forcing India's education minister to resign through street protests in July. The upcoming rally aims to initiate a series of nationwide demonstrations.

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As of October 9, 2026, Indian opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were booked by police for allegedly breaching barricades during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi on October 3. The protest aimed to demand Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, which resulted in tens of millions of people being deleted from electoral registers. This revision has fueled widespread discontent among youth and opposition parties, with the "Cockroach" movement organizing protests across cities like Mumbai, where thousands gathered to challenge the SIR process. Police detained about 260 individuals, including 10 lawmakers, on October 3 for attempting to march towards Election Commission headquarters without permission, further escalating tensions between protesters and authorities.

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NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s “Cockroach” youth movement has called for new protests in the country’s financial hub of Mumbai for Friday to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner over a contentious revision of voter rolls. asserted

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The movement, which began as an online campaign and now calls itself the Cockroach Janata Party, forced India’s education minister to resign in July with its street protests. asserted

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The Mumbai rally is meant to kick off a new period of demonstrations nationwide. asserted

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