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Leaders of the 'Cockroach Party' released from Delhi jail after a week in custody

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party movement, walked out of Tihar jail a week after being arrested for entering the banned protest site at Jantar Mantar. They are demanding the resignation of the head of the Election Commission of India, whom they accuse of manipulating voter rolls; the Commission and the BJP reject the allegations.

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Protests by the 'Suvarka' movement against the election commission continue in India

The youth movement 'Suvarka of the People's Party' (CJP) is holding actions in New Delhi against the election commission, from whose rolls more than 130 million voters have been removed since last year. Authorities have mobilized 35,000 police officers. The opposition claims the purge of the rolls disproportionately affects minorities; the ruling party and the commission reject the accusations, speaking of a 'foreign hand'.

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