India’s cockroach party leaders freed as election chief protests mount

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A New Delhi court ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders after they were detained ahead of a major protest. Demonstrations demanding the chief election commissioner's resignation have intensified amid weeks of opposition mobilization.

A New Delhi court ordered on Sunday the release of three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), including its founder Abhijeet Dipke, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained. “Executive Magistrate court releases Abhijeet, Saurav (Das) and Ashutosh (Ranka),” lawyer Ratna Singh said in a social media post. The trio were detained on Saturday ahead of a major protest against the country’s chief election commissioner. The protests are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation...