{"id":385311,"date":"2026-10-06T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indias-gen-z-cockroach-movement-launches-new-nationwide-protests-over-threats-to-voting-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:01:00","slug":"indias-gen-z-cockroach-movement-launches-new-nationwide-protests-over-threats-to-voting-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indias-gen-z-cockroach-movement-launches-new-nationwide-protests-over-threats-to-voting-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Gen Z Cockroach movement launches new nationwide protests over threats to voting rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/eXzO7RRP1GU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"India's Gen Z Cockroach movement launches new nationwide protests over threats to voting rights\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eXzO7RRP1GU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s youth-led Cockroach movement kicked off more nationwide protests on Friday as thousands of people gathered in Mumbai, amid mounting concerns that millions of citizens are being unfairly stripped of their vote.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The movement, which calls itself the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) and has massive support among gen Zs, returned to the streets to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, months after similar protests forced BJP education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, to step down.<\/p>\n<p>A process to revise and \u201cpurify\u201d the electoral register, called the Special Intensive Revision, which was overseen by Kumar, has resulted in tens of millions of people being removed from the electoral register. 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