Indian authorities heighten security, close park ahead of 'cockroach' movement rally
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Indian authorities closed a central New Delhi park Friday as the youth-led "Cockroach Janta Party," opposition groups, and student organizations planned a protest demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Demonstrators are protesting the removal of over 130 million names from electoral lists during a revision exercise that critics argue disproportionately impacts ethnic and religious minorities, particularly Muslims. While election authorities maintain the revision removed duplicate and fraudulent entries, critics and opposition figures claim the changes favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
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