India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest
Protesters are calling for mass rallies in New Delhi on Saturday to demand the election commission chief step down over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
Thousands of police have been deployed in India ahead of a planned protest in New Delhi on Saturday. The protest, called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demands the resignation of the election commission chief over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
The CJP has accused authorities of mass detentions of its members, with CJP Co-Convener Ashutosh Ranka claiming that at least 10,000 people were detained country-wide on Thursday, according to DW News. CJP spokesperson Deepak Baliyan was among those arrested, but was released later in the evening.
The CJP also alleged that groups of its volunteers from Telangana and students from Pune were detained by police while heading to the planned protest in Delhi, DW News and Channel News Asia reported. There have been no police statements on the alleged detentions so far.
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