Two leaders of India's Cockroach party jailed for violating protest ban at Delhi site

A court sentenced two leaders of India's Cockroach Janata party to five days in prison for violating a protest ban at Delhi's Jantar Mantar site.

• A Delhi court remanded Cockroach Janata party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five days in judicial custody for trespassing at Jantar Mantar.
• The two were detained Tuesday after climbing police barricades at the venue, delisted as an authorized protest site after a weekend crackdown.
• CJP founder Abhijit Dipke posted "You cannot denotify the resistance" and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "declare the Emergency officially."
• The Election Commission denied favoring any party, while the CJP demands the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter roll irregularities.
• The five-day prison order was issued Wednesday, a day after the two breached the barricades with about a dozen other activists.
• The UN and Amnesty International criticized the Indian government's treatment of protesters, raising concerns about democratic backsliding.
• The movement's focus shifted to voting rights, and Modi's government denied seeking to disenfranchise voters.