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Police detain hundreds as Cockroach Janta demands CEC resignation

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC · How we work

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Police Detain Protesters

Hundreds of Cockroach Janta Party supporters protested in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on 2 October 2026, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The Election Commission ordered officials to register omitted voters even as Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected.
Police detained dozens of protesters in Delhi and escorted some onto buses.
A large police contingent surrounded the Shivaji Park rally site in Mumbai.

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Minority Voter Suppression

Hundreds of Cockroach Janta Party supporters protested in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on 2 October 2026, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Protesters claim the voter-roll revision targets minorities and economically vulnerable groups, endangering democratic participation.
Police detained hundreds of protesters, including senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders, at Jantar Mantar.
Critics say the revision removed over 130 million names and disproportionately harms minorities and poorer citizens.

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Critics say the Special Intensive Revision removed over 130 million voter names, disproportionately affecting minorities and economically weaker sections, thereby threatening democratic participation.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

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Historical Context

Florida’s 2000 voter-list purge—ordered by Secretary of State Katherine Harris after the 1998 creation of the Florida Central Voter File and later challenged in Bush v. Gore over 537 disputed ballots—showed how private-company purges can skew elections. In October 2026 India’s Election Commission removed more than 130 million names, sparking Cockroach Janta Party protests at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, echoing those U.S. controversies.

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Police Detain Protesters

Hundreds of Cockroach Janta Party supporters protested in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on 2 October 2026, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The Election Commission ordered officials to register omitted voters even as Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected.
Police detained dozens of protesters in Delhi and escorted some onto buses.
A large police contingent surrounded the Shivaji Park rally site in Mumbai.

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