CJP protest: India 'cockroach' leaders who called on election chief to quit are freed from jail
Two leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been freed from jail a week after they were arrested for trespassing at a banned protest site in Delhi.
TL;DR
- Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), were released from jail after being arrested for trespassing at Jantar Mantar.
- Jantar Mantar was recently removed from the list of designated protest sites in Delhi.
- The CJP is accusing India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, of manipulating voter rolls to favor the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- The Election Commission and the BJP deny these allegations.
- The CJP, which started as an internet joke, has become a significant movement, previously leading to the resignation of India's education minister after protests over leaked exam papers.