India 'cockroach' leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site

The CJP had called for a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, but authorities imposed extensive security restrictions across the capital to prevent demonstrators from reaching the site.Several metro stations were closed, train services were disrupted and thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed.Over the weekend, the police detained and released thousands of people, including several journalists. Some videos and photos from the protest show police dragging people, including women, by force and pushing them into buses.Getty ImagesTens and thousands of people gathered in Delhi on Monday Separately, opposition parties held a march in Delhi on Monday from Connaught Place - a major shopping district in the heart of the capital - to the Supreme Court.The Congress, India's main opposition party, also petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday, challenging the Election Commission's voter revision exercise, which has resulted in tens of millions of names being removed from electoral rolls.Critics say the exercise risks excluding eligible voters and making it harder for them to prove their eligibility. Anger over the revision exercise intensified after The Indian Express reported that Kumar had disregarded concerns raised by the two other election commissioners over changes to voter registration. The Election Commission has said its decisions were unanimous.