Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedSportOpinionVideoOriginalsFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Live updates, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and other leaders detained before protest to demand election chief’s resignation.Security personnel stand guard before a protest by the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party organised to demand the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner in New Delhi on October 10, 2026 [AFP]By Nadim Asrar and Priyanka ShankarPublished On 10 Oct 2026 Police in the Indian capital have detained the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, before a protest called by the youth movement to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner over alleged voter list fraud. Thousands of members of the security forces have been deployed and travel and telecommunications links suspended as New Delhi is in a virtual lockdown to stop the protest.
India protest live: ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi in lockdown
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