Delhi fortifies against 'cockroach' protest demanding election commissioner's resignation
October 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM · Updated 6d ago
8 reports · 2 in Arabic, 6 in English · over 19 hours
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(opens the publisher’s site)Delhi has deployed more than 30,000 security forces ahead of Saturday's protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
- Police denied permission for the rally at Jantar Mantar, shut roads to the venue, cancelled trains and ordered metro stations closed.
- Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said the movement will march to Jantar Mantar Saturday, prepared to be jailed or shot.
- Opposition parties allege the 130 million voter names removed under the Special Intensive Revision favoured the BJP; the EC and BJP deny manipulation.
- Police detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday as he marched on the election commission office in New Delhi.
- Organizers expect tens of thousands of demonstrators to attend Saturday's protest in New Delhi.
- Authorities suspended mobile internet and shut 57 metro stations in central Delhi ahead of Saturday's rally.
- The Supreme Court ordered some trains to run despite transport restrictions imposed for the protest.
- Police detained Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and other leaders on October 10 ahead of Saturday's protest.
- Police arrested about 200 protesters at Saturday's rally in New Delhi demanding the election commissioner's resignation.
- Indian YouTube personality Dhruv Rathee, a supporter of the movement, was arrested outside Delhi.
- The Election Commission said the voter-list review is incomplete and that those wrongly removed can re-register.