India election chief faces calls to resign from protesters, opposition
Thousands of young protesters and opposition parties staged protests in the national capital and Mumbai on Sunday, demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chief Gyanesh Kumar, as police detained demonstrators for a third consecutive day. Opposition leaders Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray led protests in Mumbai calling for the scrapping of revisions to the electoral roll and Kumar’s…
Opposition parties in India are demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chief Gyanesh Kumar following protests in Delhi and Mumbai. Thousands of young protesters allege that a nationwide voter-roll revision exercise launched last year has disenfranchised millions of eligible voters, a claim denied by the Election Commission and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The protests, led by opposition leaders Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray, are part of a series of youth-led challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and are expected to intensify over the next few days.
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