India's Cockroach Janta Party says thousands detained during New Delhi protest against CEC

Indian police detained the head of the Cockroach Janta Party , as well as thousands of protesters trying to take part in a major demonstration in New Delhi against the country’s election commissioner, the group said on Saturday. The protest is the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision by the Election Commission of India (ECI). CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders were detained before disembarking from a flight in the capital, according to a statement from the movement. “They’re being denied…