Cockroach People's Party leaders detained in India were released

Ratna Singh, the lawyer of the "Cockroach People's Party", announced in her social media account that political movement leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were released on the condition of "not violating the peace for one year".

There is no statement yet on whether this condition will prevent protests or the activities of the political movement.

A large number of demonstrators gathered in Jantar Mantar Square in New Delhi yesterday, with the call of the political movement called "Cockroach People's Party", which was protesting the election policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government. More than 2 thousand demonstrators were detained as a result of the police intervention, and it was reported that the leader of the movement, Abhijeet Dipke, and other group leaders were also detained on the plane at the airport in New Delhi while traveling from Mumbai. Most of the detained demonstrators were released a few hours later.

ELECTION SYSTEM DEBATE

India introduced "Special Intensive Revision" of voter lists before the elections in the state of Bihar last year. The practice later spread to most states and federally administered territories. According to the Board of Elections, the revision aims to delete duplicate and ineligible voter registrations while keeping eligible voters on the lists.

Opposition parties argue that the application requires documents that are difficult to obtain from voters, which risks removing millions of voters from the lists. It is stated that in some regions the voter rolls may shrink by up to 30 percent.