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Movement demands resignation of India's Election Commissioner over voter rolls

Demonstrators associated with the 'cockroach' movement in India have called for the resignation of Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that over 130 million names were removed from draft electoral rolls. Organisers stated that the move was intended to disadvantage opposition groups, and warned that further protests will follow. Independent confirmation of the scale of the roll revisions has not yet been established.

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5 differing positions reported on attribution across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • deutscheCockroach party
  • dawnIndia's 'cockroach' movement
  • thenationalnewsIndia's 'cockroach' movement
  • expressmovement
  • aljazeeraIndia’s ‘cockroach’ movement
  • thehinduDakshina Kannada Congress
2 differing positions reported on location across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • deutscheIndia
  • dawnIndia
  • thenationalnewsIndia
  • expressIndia's
  • aljazeeraIndia
  • thehinduDelhi
3 differing positions reported on timing across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • dawnthis time
  • expressin 48 hours
  • thehinduSeptember 28
2 differing positions reported on status across 6 publishers; unresolved.
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  • dawnwarns
  • thenationalnewspledges
  • expresssays
  • aljazeerademands
  • thehindudetained
WhereIndia
20.918, 78.443 ±400 km
First reported31 days ago
Published2026-09-25 14:28 UTC
Sources8
How this travelled.
Reports11Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings, 2 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Movement demands resignation of India's Election Commissioner over voter rolls. 2026-09-25T14:28:02.570Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3514. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-25/india-news-protests-against-election-chief-escalate-as-gandhi-cockroach-b95311e3

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