{"id":385683,"date":"2026-10-07T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indias-cockroaches-are-back-now-theyre-fighting-for-the-vote\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:00:09","slug":"indias-cockroaches-are-back-now-theyre-fighting-for-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indias-cockroaches-are-back-now-theyre-fighting-for-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s \u2018cockroaches\u2019 are BACK &#8211; now they\u2019re fighting for the vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/unZjPUnn5RE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"India\u2019s \u2018cockroaches\u2019 are BACK - now they\u2019re fighting for the vote\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/unZjPUnn5RE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s \u2018cockroaches\u2019 are back.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the Gen-Z movement is demanding the resignation of the man overseeing the country\u2019s elections &#8211; Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar &#8211; to resign.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>They claim more than 130 million names have been deleted from India\u2019s electoral roll.<\/p>\n<p>It comes just months after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) inspired a wave of protests across the country earlier this year, which led to the resignation of India&#8217;s education minister following an exam leak scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have said the commission\u2019s so-called Special Intensive Revision is just a draft, to remove duplicates and ineligible entries.<\/p>\n<p>But critics &#8211; including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi &#8211; have warned that it\u2019s a way of manipulating the voting system in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gandhi was detained by police this after he joined dozens of other MPs in marching on the Election Commission\u2019s headquarters, as protests have erupted across Delhi and Mumbai in the wake of the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>More demonstrations have been organised on October 8 and October 10.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kumar hasn\u2019t commented on the issue, but the commission and Modi&#8217;s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party denied the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the breakdown, we explore if this really was an attempt to clean up India\u2019s electoral roll, or whether millions of legitimate voters could be shut out.<\/p>\n<p>We speak to Uday Chandra, Professor in Comparative Politics and International Relations at Ashoka University in India, and ask whether a youth movement that brought down one minister, could now take on the officials running the world\u2019s biggest democracy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s \u2018cockroaches\u2019 are back. This time, the Gen-Z movement is demanding the resignation of the man overseeing the country\u2019s elections &#8211; Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar &#8211; to resign. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] They claim more than 130 million names have been deleted from India\u2019s electoral roll. 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