India's electoral-roll revisions
India's voter-roll review becomes a national political test
India's electoral-roll overhaul has prompted mass protests, but the number of people improperly excluded remains disputed.
Timeline
Cockroach Janta Party
The youth movement that began as a satirical online campaign in May 2026 and grew into street protests over exam leaks and India's voter rolls.
Timeline
India launches Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls in Bihar
Abhijeet Dipke launches the Cockroach Janta Party as a satirical online campaign
India cancels the NEET-UG medical entrance examination after a paper leak
Chief Justice Surya Kant's 'cockroaches' remark in court prompts a backlash
Police disperse a Cockroach Janta Party march towards Parliament in New Delhi
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after the exam-leak protests
Indian Express reports that two election commissioners objected to revision decisions
Police detain more than 2,000 people at Cockroach Janta Party protest against the Election Commission in New Delhi
Delhi police detain Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke again before a rally