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\nPolice detained India\u2019s \u2018cockroach\u2019 movement founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday, live images from his group showed, ahead of a protest called by him in the capital, Delhi\u2019s central business district, the latest rally to demand the resignation of India\u2019s election chief.
\nThe youth-led \u2018Cockroach Janta Party\u2019 (CJP), opposition groups, and student organisations have held almost daily protests this month demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar\u2019s resignation over a revision of voter lists that critics say favours Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
\nMore than 130 million voters were deleted during the revision but the Election Commission has denied favouring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol. The BJP has accused rivals of trying to undermine democracy by wrongly questioning legitimate electoral processes.
\nDipke called Friday\u2019s protest in support of two CJP leaders detained and sent to jail this week for five days for demonstrating at a protest site in violation of a ban.
\nThe group and left-wing student organisations had urged supporters to gather at the Central Park in New Delhi\u2019s busy Connaught Place shopping and food district on Friday evening to wave and hoist the national flag.
\nThe live video on CJP\u2019s Instagram handle showed Dipke coming out of a house and walking towards the street, where police officers stopped him and, after a brief argument, hauled him into a police car and drove away.
\n\u201cWe are detaining you right now,\u201d a police officer could be heard telling Dipke.
\n\u201cI have not broken any law right now\u2026how can you detain me?\u201d Dipke asked the police officers as he was taken away.
\nThere was no immediate comment from the police on the detention.
\nEarlier on Friday, police met Dipke and warned him against going ahead with the protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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