Indian youth leader says protest will go ahead despite detentions

Abhijeet Dipke vows to march in New Delhi despite reported detentions of thousands of supporters over a voter-list revision that opposition parties say has disenfranchised millions.

The leader of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement said a major planned protest would go ahead in New Delhi on Saturday, despite the detentions of followers he estimated to run into the thousands, calling for the resignation of the top poll official.