India news: Elections 'rigged,' allege Rahul Gandhi and Cockroach party

DW25 September 2026, 08:53 UTCIndia

The Cockroach party has urged India's opposition parties to stop contesting what it calls "rigged" elections and threatened nationwide protests over the Election Commission's voter-list revision. DW has more.

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