India cracks down on youth protests as anger grows against Modi and election chief
Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India's youth "Cockroach" movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government and election authorities.
TL;DR
- Authorities implemented a broad security crackdown in New Delhi.
- Thousands of protesters were detained on Saturday.
- The "Cockroach" movement, comprising India's youth, organized the protests.
- The campaign targets a contentious voter list revision.
- The revision has caused anger towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and election authorities.