politics New Delhi, India
India cracks down on Cockroach movement protests and releases leaders
130Mnames▼ from 133M
India’s voter-list revision has removed more than 130000000 names since June 2025.
Authorities detained at least 3,000 people across New Delhi on October 10 as the Cockroach movement protested electoral-roll changes and demanded the chief election commissioner's resignation. More than 130 million names were reportedly removed from voter rolls, while security forces imposed extensive restrictions.
- Gyanesh Kumar
- Cockroach Janta Party
- Election Commission of India
- New Delhi
- Narendra Modi
- Deepak Baliyan
- Rahul Gandhi
- Meta Platforms
- Brijesh Jha
- Abhijeet Dipke
- Ashutosh Ranka
- Saurav Das
14 sourcesAl Jazeera, BBC News, The Guardian, NPR, abc.net.au, FRANCE 24 +2Updated
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- 2,000 →3,000people
Police detained hundreds of protesters in New Delhi.
1 of 9 sources“According to local media, at least 3,000 people were detained across the city.”
- 3,000peopleDeutsche Welle
- 2,000peoplePBS News
- 1,000peopleabc.net.au
- 1,000peopleFRANCE 24
- 100peopleabc.net.au
- 1,000peopleAl Jazeera
- 10,000peopleThe Guardian
- 1,000peopleNPR
- 100peopleAl Jazeera