India news: Cockroach party demands election head resign

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CJP's Abhijeet Dipke has alleged that the removal of more than 130 million names from draft electoral rolls is designed to benefit the BJP and weaken opposition parties. DW has more.

This blog is now closed. Here are some of the major headlines from India on Thursday, September 24: 

  • Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining the country's democracy
  • Dipke called Kumar "the biggest threat to India's democracy" and demanded his resignation
  • Fire on sleeper bus kills nine outside of Delhi
  • SIT files chargesheet in Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft case
  • Three arrested over alleged gang rape of minor girl in New Delhi

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