Indian opposition calls for 50,000 people to demonstrate, Cockroach People's Party remains neutral and will not participate

(Central News Agency reporter Li Jinwei, New Delhi, 1st) The Indian opposition gathered tens of thousands of people to take to the streets to demonstrate today, demanding that the Chairman of the Election Committee step down. The Cockroach People's Party, which took the lead in fighting this, stated that in order to maintain its independence and maintain a politically neutral stance, although it supports actions to protest injustice, it will not mobilize to participate in such activities organized by political parties.

The Indian opposition formed the "INDIA bloc" to jointly participate in today's "Chalo Dilli" demonstration. The Hindustan Times pointed out that the Delhi police assessed that at least 50,000 people marched from Connaught Place in the center of New Delhi to Ramlila Maidan. The Delhi government did not dare to be careless and deployed tens of thousands of security personnel along the parade route.

In India, due to the Election Commission's revision of the Electoral Register (SIR), the voting rights of 130 million people have been harmed, and the people believe that the revision of the SIR is beneficial to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The "Cockroach People's Party" (CJP), initiated by youth, took the lead in launching demonstrations demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chairman Gyanesh Kumar.

The "Cockroach People's Party" is not a real political party. It was originally an online movement around political satire. The name of the organization comes from a parody of the "Bharatiya Janata Party" to which Modi belongs. The number of participants has grown from a few hundred young people to millions.

India Today reported that Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach People's Party, said yesterday that the Cockroach People's Party supports this protest and every organization that combats electoral irregularities. However, the Cockroach People's Party is an independent organization and a neutral platform. "We hope to maintain this identity."

A reporter from the Central News Agency tried to go to Ramalila Square today, but faced the layers of checkpoints set up by the Delhi police and was never able to get in. However, along the way, people could be seen crowding the road. They held different flags and slogans and shouted slogans at the same time. It was obvious that the opposition parties were mobilizing.

The 8th is Diwali, one of the most important festivals in India every year. Today is the last Sunday before Diwali. It was originally expected to usher in public purchasing opportunities, but successive weeks of protests, coupled with today's large-scale demonstration, have made stores in the center of New Delhi quite worried.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (CTI) stated that today's rally may paralyze traffic within a 10-kilometer radius and affect the business of 250,000 shops. The loss of single-day transaction volume may reach 100 billion rupees (approximately NT$34.369 billion) to 120 billion rupees (approximately NT$41.242 billion).

Opposition Congress Party leader Rahul. Rahul Gandhi posted on social media that this was a rumor spread by the ruling party and called on people participating in the parade to remember to buy something from the shops along the way.

Rahul. Gandhi posted on