India detains opposition lawmakers protesting against election chief
Police detained several lawmakers after they tried to breach barricades as opposition parties demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over voter-roll revisions.
- On Tuesday, Indian police detained opposition lawmakers in New Delhi who attempted to march to the Election Commission demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over controversial voter-list revisions.
- Since last week, student organizations, political parties, and the 'cockroach' youth movement staged almost daily demonstrations protesting procedures that critics allege compromise the Election Commission's neutrality.
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi were among lawmakers briefly detained after police blocked their march roughly 1-km to the Election Commission headquarters.
- BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters before Tuesday's protest, "Congress leaders have decided to establish anarchy," while the Election Commission and BJP denied opposition allegations of bias.
- India's Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear petitions regarding the Election Commission's voter drive, stating, "We will take care of it," if decisions violate the law.
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‘We Will Destroy Them’: Rahul Gandhi Escalates Attack Amid INDIA Bloc Protest Against CEC
<p class="isSelectedEnd">Amid the INDIA bloc’s protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the opposition would not only counter the BJP but “destroy them”.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Meanwhile, he also alleged that what had been done to the country amounted to “treason”.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.c…
Ground Report From Opposition's Anti-CEC Protest In Delhi: What Are They Planning Next?
Hindustan Times' Saubhadra Chatterji reports from Delhi's Sansad Marg where Opposition legislators staged a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and were eventually detained by Delhi Police. NATIONAL NEWS
How Rahul Gandhi turned INDIA bloc march into standoff
Rahul Gandhi dramatically shifted the INDIA bloc's protest after their march to the Election Commission was stopped and leaders were detained. He entered Akashvani Bhavan, leading to a standoff and a continued sit-in joined by other opposition leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, to protest against alleged threats to democracy.
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