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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Mumbai

India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll

A large crowd with Indian flags and placards
Supporters of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) protesting in Mumbai on Friday. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

India’s youth-led Cockroach movement kicked off more nationwide protests on Friday as thousands of people gathered in Mumbai, amid mounting concerns that millions of citizens are being unfairly stripped of their vote.

The movement, which calls itself the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) and has massive support among the country’s gen Zs, returned to the streets to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.

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