India's "cockroach movement" leader released, opposition threatens to take to the streets again on October 12 to protest

(Central News Agency, New Delhi, comprehensive foreign news report on the 11th) The founder and two other leaders of the online "cockroach movement" initiated by Indian youth were released today. Lawyers said the authorities detained the three people on the 10th in order to prevent a large-scale demonstration calling for the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner.

Agence France-Presse reported that the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) stated that thousands of protesters were detained before the demonstrations scheduled to be held in New Delhi on the 10th. The demonstrations were the culmination of weeks of mobilization by the opposition camp over allegations of misconduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the revision of the national electoral roll.

Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach People's Party, and two other leaders were detained before they even got off the plane after arriving in New Delhi from Mumbai.

Ratna Singh, chief lawyer of the CJP, posted on social media that Dipke and others have been ordered to be released. She also pointed out that the condition of release is "not to disturb public order within one year."

Indian media reported that the revision resulted in the deletion of more than 133 million names from the electoral roll. ECI stated that this operation aims to delete duplicate registrations, deceased persons and false registration information.

Critics say the operation disproportionately affects minorities, especially Muslims, and could therefore benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The detentions on the 10th triggered strong criticism from opposition leaders and others, who accused the Modi government of suppressing dissent.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also called for the immediate and unconditional release of all those "arbitrarily detained" in New Delhi.

CJP and Congress Party leader Rahul. Rahul Gandhi has vowed to continue to stage demonstrations even if they are suppressed by the authorities.

Rahul said that the Congress Party and a large number of Indian youths will "take to the streets again" on the 12th.