New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie and filmmaker Mira Nair became the latest ones to come out in support of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) amid protests in India over alleged irregularities by the Election Commission of India. On Friday, the CJP announced the 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march in Delhi during the protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

Salman Rushdie commented on the youth group in India during a fundraising dinner for the Asian American Writers Workshop in New York City on Thursday. It was also attended by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's mother, Mira Nair, whose birthday was reportedly marked at the gathering.

At the event, Rushdie called the CJP movement a hope for India's younger generation. Nair extended h...