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Delhi Protest Crackdown Detains Cockroach Leaders

💡 Why it matters

This mass detention and lockdown could undermine democratic processes by silencing youth-led opposition to large-scale electoral roll changes affecting 130 million citizens.

Indian authorities detained tens of thousands, including the leader of the youth-led 'Cockroach' movement, ahead of a protest against the removal of 130 million names from the electoral roll. Thousands of security personnel were deployed and roads barricaded in Delhi.