India protesters march with 1km banner of deleted voters’ names
Protesters in New Delhi carried a one-kilometre banner bearing the names of people removed from India’s voter rolls, as opposition parties rallied again against the deletion of nearly 130 million names and demanded the resignation of the country’s election chief.
Thousands are expected to take part in the Indian opposition's planned mega march in New Delhi over a controversial revision of electoral rolls.
Student leaders and activists also spoke at the event, which was held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in New Delhi
Opposition says hundreds of thousands of people expected to participate in march demanding election chief resign over voter list changes Indian security personnel carrying batons and shields and accompanied by riot control vehicles surrounded the site of a planned opposition protest in Delhi on Sunday that is set to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. The opposition says it expects hundreds of thousands of people to participate in what it says will be a major challenge to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his Bharatiya…
Protesters march in New Delhi demanding the election chief quit over voter roll changes seen as favouring Modi’s party.
On Sunday, protesters led by opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi chanted “vote thief, leave your seat” and beat drums while marching from central parts of New Delhi to Ramlila Maidan, a large outdoor venue. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), an online youth-led protest movement, has also thrown its weight behind the opposition campaign.
Hundreds of police, some carrying batons and shields, are deployed around the rally site.