Protests against India's election chief: thousands of 'Cockroach' youth protesters detained in New Delhi

Summary

Police in New Delhi temporarily detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi to end an almost nine-hour standoff during a protest seeking the resignation of the chief election official, in a row over voter rolls, Bloomberg and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Authorities had braced for the march by India's main opposition parties with a heavy security presence around Parliament and the Election Commission's headquarters, according to Bloomberg. On 10 October, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported that India's youth 'Cockroach' movement was set to hold fresh protests in the capital, intensifying a campaign against a voter list revision as anger against the election chief and Modi grows. Indian authorities then launched a major security crackdown in New Delhi, detaining thousands of protesters from the movement who intended to hold a mass demonstration, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer and CBS News. CBS News said the scale of the crackdown underscored the authorities' determination to disrupt a fast-growing protest campaign that has mobilized thousands of young people.

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