印度当局在周日释放了蟑螂人民党的领导人，此前安全部队在大规模反政府示威期间拘留了数千名抗议者。
Indian authorities released the leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party on Sunday, after security forces detained thousands of protesters during massive anti-government demonstrations.
这个讽刺性政党 — — 在七月曾迫使印度教育部长辞职 — — 是围绕印度首都周六爆发的青年领导的抗议活动的核心，抗议者称这是一次政治动机驱动的选民名单清洗，旨在为纳伦德拉·莫迪总理的政党谋利。
The satirical party — which in July forced the resignation of India’s education minister — is at the center of youth-led protests that roiled the Indian capital on Saturday, prompted by what the Cockroaches and others allege was a politically motivated purge of voter rolls designed to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.
抗议者的主要诉求之一是要求首席选举委员古纳什·库马尔辞职，但正如一位德里记者所言，“起初反对古纳什的运动如今已演变为反对莫迪的运动”，并补充说，莫迪总理现在必须在‘短期展示实力[与]长期稳定’之间做出选择。
One of the protesters’ chief demands is the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, but “what started as an anti-Gyanesh movement has now become an anti-Modi movement,” a Delhi journalist argued, adding that the prime minister must now choose between “short-term shows of strength [and] long-term stability.”