India braces for protests over Election Commission chief
AI-generated briefing · First published
Authorities detain protesters ahead of Saturday's New Delhi march demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
India's Cockroach Janta Party says thousands of its members have been detained ahead of Saturday's protest in New Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. [1] [2]
The protests follow an Indian Express investigation showing two fellow commissioners raised 14 objections to decisions on voter registrations and deletions during the Special Intensive Revision that removed more than 130 million names from electoral rolls. [2] [3] [4]
Opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, student groups and farmer activist Rakesh Tikait have joined calls for Kumar's resignation and a halt to the voter roll revision. [2] [3]
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