India's 'Cockroach Movement' Protests Changes to Voter Lists
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A group in India called the Cockroach movement has started new protests. People are angry about changes to the voter roll. A voter roll is a list of people who can vote.
More than 10,000 people came to a protest in Mumbai. The protest was at a place called Shivaji Park. The group that ran the protest is called CJP.
The protesters want a man named Gyanesh Kumar to lose his job. He is the CEC. CEC means Chief Election Commissioner. This person controls elections in India.
A person named Dipke said something important. Dipke said if Gyanesh Kumar goes, Modi will have to go too. Modi is the prime minister of India.
Many people are worried about the voter roll changes. They think the changes are not fair. The protests show that people care about voting.
Vocabulary15 words
- movement
- a group of people working for the same goal
- protest
- when people show they are angry about something
- voter roll
- a list of people allowed to vote
- Mumbai
- a big city in India
- Gyanesh Kumar
- the name of an official in India
- CEC
- the person in charge of elections
- Modi
- the leader of India's government
- prime minister
- the top leader of a country's government
- official
- a person with an important job in government
- election
- when people vote to choose leaders
- demand
- to ask strongly for something
- follow suit
- to do the same thing as someone else
- fair
- right and equal for everyone
- list
- names written together in order
- change
- to make something different
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1. Changes to the voter roll 2. More than 10,000 3. Gyanesh Kumar
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A group in India called the Cockroach _____ has started new protests.
People are angry about changes to the voter _____.
More than _____ people came to a protest in Mumbai.
The protest was at a place called Shivaji _____.
The group that ran the protest is called _____.
The protesters want a man named Gyanesh _____ to lose his job.
He is the _____. CEC means Chief Election Commissioner.
Dipke said if Gyanesh Kumar goes, _____ will have to go too.
Modi is the prime _____ of India.
The protests show that people care about _____.
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