India police detain ‘Cockroach’ party founder ahead of protest

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India police detain ‘Cockroach’ party founder ahead of protest. (2026, October 16). Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/16/india-police-detain-cockroach-party-founder-ahead-of-protest?traffic_source=rss

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Indian police arrested Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, before a protest planned to demand the resignation of an election official. The protest was over voter-list revisions that allegedly benefited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party.

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Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), was arrested by Indian police in New Delhi on Friday before a planned protest against the country’s election authority. The arrest came amid ongoing protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter-roll fraud that allegedly favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP. Police detained Dipke under preventive detention and released him the following day after he appeared before a Special Executive Magistrate. More than 130 million voters were deleted during recent voter list revisions, which protesters claim unfairly benefited the BJP; however, the Election Commission denies this accusation.

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