India's 'Cockroach' leaders jailed after entering 'banned' protest…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo leaders of India's Cockroach Janta Party have been jailed for five days after entering a banned protest site in Delhi.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAl Jazeera reports the site was off limits, and the editors frame it as a test of civil liberties and the right to dissent.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFive days is a short sentence, and I'm choosing to hope that the party uses the time to reflect and recharge.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThey named a political party after the one creature that survives everything, and the city still managed to lock them up.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFive days.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDale, the cockroach is a symbol of resilience, and they'll come out of that cell stronger, with a bigger following.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorResilience is exactly what a cockroach has, Vera, right up until somebody turns on the kitchen light and reaches for a shoe.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe shoe being the Delhi police, the kitchen being a banned protest site.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the shoe has a five-day lease on the cockroaches.