India’s Voter-Roll Dispute Sparks Protests and Crackdown

Chronology

1. 25-09-2026
   Voter-Roll Dispute Fuels Protests Against Election Chief

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   India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical youth movement, is threatening nationwide protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign over allegations of irregularities in the Election Commission’s voter-roll revision. Opposition figures, including Rahul …
2. 06-10-2026
   India Protests Escalate Over Voter Roll Revision

   4 articles

   Opposition parties, civil society groups, students and the youth movement known as Cockroach are protesting across India against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. In New Delhi, lawmakers including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were brie…
3. 09-10-2026
   India Protests Challenge Election Commission’s Credibility

   4 articles

   Protests led by the youth movement Cockroach Janta Party and joined by students, artists, civil-society groups and opposition figures have intensified over disputed voter-roll revisions and mounting distrust of India’s Election Commission. Demonstrators are demanding Chief Electi…
4. 10-10-2026
   Delhi Crackdown Meets Youth Protest Over Voter Rolls

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   Indian authorities mounted a sweeping security operation in New Delhi on October 10, 2026, to prevent or contain a youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest demanding electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Police detained hundreds …
5. 11-10-2026
   India’s Youth Protesters Defy Crackdown Over Voter Rolls

   5 articles

   India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and opposition groups are pressing for electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that a nationwide voter-roll revision wrongly removed millions of names and could advantage Prime Mini…