# India’s ‘Cockroach’ party leaders jailed after entering banned protest site

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-14 08:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/14/indias-cockroach-leaders-jailed-after-entering-banned-protest-site?traffic_source=rss

> Two leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party were jailed for five days after entering Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protest site to demand the election chief’s resignation. The site recently lost its status as an authorised protest venue.

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