Miles de detenidos en India en dos jornadas de lucha contra las manipulaciones electorales - mpr21
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La policía detuvo a más de 2.000 personas y cerró el centro de la ciudad de Delhi para frustrar la protesta de ayer. Miles de policías y paramilitares continúan desplegados hoy en la capital de India. Un tribunal ordenó la liberación del fundador del “partido de las cucarachas”, Abhijeet Dipke, y otros dos dirigentes. Fueron […]

Police arrested more than 2,000 people and closed down central Delhi to thwart yesterday’s protest. Thousands of police and paramilitary forces remain deployed in the Indian capital today.

A court has ordered the release of Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the " cockroach party ," and two other leaders. They were arrested yesterday when their plane landed in Delhi, where the movement planned to gather thousands of people in the center of the Indian capital.

Dhruv Rathee, an influential social media figure, was also among those detained. He was released after midnight on the condition that he not participate in any of the protests.

In Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the government to immediately and unconditionally release all those “arbitrarily detained” in New Delhi, and to guarantee respect for the rights of assembly and demonstration. The Ministry of External Affairs responded that the UN demand is “selective” and constitutes “unjustified interference in India’s internal affairs.”

130 million voters erased from the electoral rolls

The protests demand the resignation of the head of the Electoral Board, Gyanesh Kumar, over a review of the voter lists that benefits Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been in power for more than 12 years.

In late September, the Indian Express newspaper reported that two MPs had expressed concern about the review of the electoral roll, registration procedures, and digital systems.

According to data from the Election Board, some 130 million names, more than the population of Japan, have been removed from the electoral rolls during the verification exercise, including 63 million people who had changed their address and 30 million who could not be traced.

Those who have disappeared from the electoral lists are members of minorities, such as Muslims, who do not support the ruling party.

Despite the repression, the " cockroach party " has vowed to continue the protests. Its emergence is a clear indication that the deep political crisis is not unique to European political systems, but rather has a global reach.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.mlOP
    7·
    19 days ago

    What is bizarre to me is that there is very little buzz about this event. According to a Russian source, even the CPI-M was caught in it:

    On Saturday, October 10th, 45,000 police and paramilitary personnel cordoned off parts of the capital to prevent protesters from reaching the Jantar Mantar protest site. 57 metro stations in central New Delhi were closed, internet access was cut off, and barricades were erected. More than 2,000 people were arrested. Among those arrested were leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), including General Secretary M.A. Baby, veteran Brinda Karat, Kerala state opposition leader and Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan, other Polit Bureau and Central Committee members, and leaders and activists of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). Many of those arrested were reportedly beaten and mistreated by the police, resulting in injuries, including Member of Parliament V. Sivadasan.

    On Sunday, October 11th, protests continued. Activists from the Students’ Federation of India and other left-wing student organizations marched from Rajiv Chowk towards Jantar Mantar, chanting slogans demanding Kumar’s resignation. During the Sunday demonstrations, police arrested more than 100 people. Among them was John Brittas, a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of parliament) from the CPI(M), who was arrested while speaking to journalists about the police’s actions. Brittas stated that security personnel grabbed him by the neck, pressed him against a seat in a police bus, and attempted to suffocate him. He was later taken to a hospital. Subsequently, he sent a letter to the President of India, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and the Chief Justice of the country, requesting their intervention and an independent investigation.

    Going to add the video of the protest from the CPI-M being ambushed by cops.

    • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlMEnglish
      9·
      19 days ago

      Critical coverage of India in the west died the day Modi became President. The last substantial critical look from the west was that BBC documentary about Modi’s pogroms of Muslim in Gujrat from when he was the Chief Minister there. You’ll get one or two token pieces of news as was the case when Article 270 was abrogated for Kashmir but apart from that the Modi government is tolerated because outside of buying oil from Russia it is completely subordinate to the Americans.

      All opposition parties are part of the protest. CPIM being involved is no surprise considering that.