India’s ‘Cockroach’ Party Leaders to Face Court After Protests

Bloomberg14 October 2026, 01:05 UTCIndia

Leaders of India’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement were arrested early Wednesday, the first such move by authorities since protests erupted, in an escalation of tensions over a contentious overhaul of the country’s voter rolls.

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