Authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India’s youth “Cockroach” movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision. The exercise has fueled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and election authorities. Police intercepted demonstrators before they could reach the designated protest site. Separately, a video shared by the “Cockroach Janta Party” on X showed police boarding an aircraft and detaining leaders of the “Cockroach” movement after they arrived at Delhi airport from Mumbai. The leaders were expected to be at the forefront of the protest. |
