Protests Escalate Over India’s Voter-Roll Revisions

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 on ‘Cockroach’ Election Protest

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   Indian authorities mounted a sweeping security operation in New Delhi to prevent a youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demonstration demanding electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and fell…