Rahul Gandhi, Indian opposition lawmakers detained over election chief protest for second day
- Delhi Police registered fresh FIRs against Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, following Wednesday's protest at Jantar Mantar against electoral roll revisions and demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- The INDIA bloc organized the demonstration alleging the electoral roll revision process lacked transparency and adequate safeguards, prompting the Opposition to demand Kumar's removal.
- Police constable Ankit Kasana alleged that around 30 protesters surrounded and assaulted him during the demonstration, while demonstrators reportedly damaged a police vehicle and punctured a bus tire.
- On Wednesday, officers detained Gandhi and around 80 other leaders, with viral videos capturing the MP confronting personnel before he was taken to a Barakhamba Road police station.
- Security reinforcements across central Delhi precede a planned Thursday protest, as police cite a growing 'competition' among organizations to stage dramatic demonstrations and damage public property.
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Indian police detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during a protest in New Delhi demanding the resignation of the head of the country's electoral commission. The police detained politicians while they were on their way to the meeting site of Djantar-Mantar in the capital of India. The opposition demanded the resignation of the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, because of a review of the electoral roll, during which more than 130 mi…
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi briefly detained as protests grow over mass voter list purge
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been detained by police during a protest against the country's election chief. Opposition parties are intensifying their campaign over a contentious revision of voter lists that has removed more than 130 million people. Gandhi…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoo Chang-yeop = An Indian opposition leader is demanding the resignation of the election commission chairman, raising suspicions that the voter list was reorganized to favor the ruling party...
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