PoliticsNews brief

‘Cockroach’ party rally: young Indians return to streets as Delhi braces for large protest

NewsJaws News FeedSource-attributed news briefs
1 min read
LinkedInPostEmail
Save for later

Police and paramilitaries patrol the capital and internet suspended, amid demands chief election officer resigns Police in New Delhi detained scores of protesters on Saturday as thousands of officers and paramilitaries patrolled India’s capital, metro stations were shut and mobile internet suspended to guard against a youth protest demanding India’s chief election officer quit.

The protest, called by the “Cockroach” youth movement, hopes to draw thousands of demonstrators who want the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, to quit over a revision of voter lists that critics say favours prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

Read in depth: Politics

The party’s Westminster leader says a major policy decision backed by a small share of members exposes weaknesses in its decision-making structures.

4 min read

The proposed college-based route would combine English, maths, technical training and employer experience. Milburn’s full youth employment review has been delayed.

4 min read

Sources and context

The Guardian

Source headline and summary supplied via NewsData.io. First collected by NewsJaws on 2026-10-10. This is an automated news brief, not original NewsJaws reporting. Dates reflect the source publication. Feed delays may apply.

Topics

Elections

More from Politics