India detains opposition lawmakers protesting against election chief
- INDIA Bloc lawmakers marched toward the Election Commission of India’s headquarters in New Delhi but were stopped by barricades, prompting a sit-in at nearby Akashvani Bhavan.
- Delhi Police detained Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and several other opposition leaders and workers during the protest.
- The demonstrators sought a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and raised concerns about the electoral-roll revision process.
- The Election Commission said it had received no meeting request, while the protests followed Opposition allegations of irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision.
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ECI cites protocol after Rahul-led delegation seeks meeting at Parliament Annexe
Opposition MPs, led by Rahul Gandhi, were denied a meeting with the Election Commission as their requested venue, Parliament House Annexe, contravened established protocol. The commission offered to send an officer to receive their memorandum instead.
'No Party Sought Meeting Till 4 PM': EC Responds To INDIA Bloc Protest Against CEC
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said that no political party had formally sought a meeting with the poll panel before 4 pm, even as Opposition MPs led by Rahul Gandhi protested in New Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner
An AFP journalist saw Mr. Gandhi of the Congress Party, the main opposition party, standing on a barricade and waving an Indian flag, being apprehended with other elected officials, before being released quickly. Opposition officials accused Gyanese Kumar, the president of the Indian Electoral Commission (IEC), long regarded as the guarantor of the world's largest democracy, of being subdued by the party of the ultra-nationalist Hindu Prime Mini…
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