Can India’s ‘cockroach’ movement oust Modi’s election chief?
India’s youth protests return to streets, eyeing PM Modi’s prized bureaucrat who oversees the world’s biggest elections.

India’s youth protests return to streets, eyeing PM Modi’s prized bureaucrat who oversees the world’s biggest elections.


![Protesters react as they are detained by the police during a protest demanding the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India, October 2, 2026. [REUTERS/Adnan Abidi]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1790927900.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)






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