INDIAN activist Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the online "cockroach" movement, has emerged as the face of dissent in the country, challenging the powerful Election Commission months after forcing a major government climbdown.
The 31-year-old, an unlikely protest leader who shot into the national spotlight in May after a viral social media post, was detained on Saturday by police in New Delhi, where he was meant to lead a rally.
Dipke's satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which has tens of millions of followers online, is calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar — echoing demands by opposition parties and other critics following alleged misconduct in a large-scale revision of voter rolls.
