As protests continue in their home country, Indians in Montreal gather in solidarity
Roughly a dozen people rallied to support protesters in India and condemn a crackdown over voter-list revisions, organizers said.
- On Monday, a dozen people rallied in downtown Montreal to express solidarity with protesters in India and call for Prime Minister Modi's resignation.
- India's Election Commission removed more than 130 million names from voter lists in recent months, prompting protesters to denounce the action as a targeted crackdown on opposition supporters.
- Opposition parties allege the revisions disproportionately erase voters who oppose the party in power, while speakers at the rally sought to raise awareness of political unrest in India.
- The Indian government has denied these claims, rejecting allegations that the voter list removals were designed to disadvantage opposition supporters.
- This report by The Canadian Press was first published on October 12, 2026, documenting the Montreal demonstration against contentious changes to India's voter rolls.
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MONTREAL — A dozen people gathered Monday in downtown Montreal to express their solidarity with protestors in India. They denounced the recent repression of the movement opposed to controversial revisions of the Indian electoral lists. Participants at the rally in Montreal said they wanted to raise public awareness of political unrest in India. [...]
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