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India's Cockroach Party founder, top leaders detained before protest

The party founder and dozens of other leaders were detained immediately upon arriving in New Delhi, leaving the planned mass protest in limbo.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeanwhile in New Delhi, leaders of India's Cockroach Janta Party have reportedly been detained. Lola Cruz is on location.

  2. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm outside the arrivals area. Al Jazeera reports the party's leaders were allegedly detained after landing in the capital to lead a mass protest.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLanding. As in, they hadn't left the airport.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentCorrect. Sky News says the founder is among scores detained ahead of the march. Officials haven't explained it in the reporting I have.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScores.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentScores. The movement's name is the point. The cockroach is the animal that survives everything, and this crowd chose it on purpose.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBold branding. You'd want something harder to step on.

  8. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've covered a lot of crackdowns. I've never seen the opposition's mascot get a pest control joke before breakfast.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou started it.

  10. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI reported the name, Hank. Whoever picked it handed you the joke. It is unclear what happens to the protest without its leaders.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the plan was survive anything, and then the airport.

  12. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentDetained leaders, a protest still on the calendar, and a lot of people in Delhi waiting to see who shows up.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWell, the cockroach is the one thing in Delhi that got through arrivals without being stopped.

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