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Thousands Detained at Delhi Voter Roll Protests
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Indian police detained about 6,000 people in Delhi on Saturday as demonstrators demanded the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a voter-roll revision that has removed more than 130 million names. Authorities sealed roads, restricted the metro and cut mobile internet near Jantar Mantar. Opposition parties say the purge risks disenfranchising eligible voters. The BJP rejects vote-theft claims and calls the revision legitimate.
Reported by The Independent · How we write briefs