# India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over voter-roll changes

https://mins.news/en/item/85939

- The Guardian, 2026-10-02 14:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/india-cockroach-movement-protests-mumbai-changes-voter-roll

> India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta party has resumed protests in Mumbai and elsewhere, demanding election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Demonstrators fear the Special Intensive Revision has unfairly removed tens of millions from electoral rolls, while opposition politicians and civil society groups allege it is being used to manipulate the electoral system.

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