Rahul Gandhi leads silent protest after detentions over voter-roll dispute
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Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc lawmakers staged a silent protest at Raj Ghat in New Delhi on Thursday, the third consecutive day of demonstrations demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The lawmakers travelled by bus to the memorial and sat on its lawn before leaving without police intervention. The gathering was calmer than Wednesday’s protest, when police blocked buses carrying opposition MPs toward Jantar Mantar and detained Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and dozens of other leaders. They were released later that evening.
Delhi Police subsequently filed multiple cases naming Gandhi and Vadra. Reports differed on the number of new first information reports: The Hindu reported at least two, while Scroll, citing The Indian Express, reported at least three. Police alleged that protesters assaulted and obstructed officers and damaged a police vehicle. Congress workers were also accused of puncturing a bus tyre. The allegations have not been adjudicated.
The opposition accuses the Election Commission of conducting a voter-list revision without adequate transparency and safeguards. The commission and government deny political motivation, saying the exercise is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible registrations while retaining eligible voters.
Gandhi said the protests would continue despite the cases against him. The demonstrations came after an Indian Express report last month that the two other election commissioners had raised objections to aspects of the voter re-verification process.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs narrowed attribution for the opposition allegations and a timing fix around the Indian Express report. - "The opposition accuses the Election Commission of conducting a voter-list revision without adequate transparency and safeguards, potentially removing legitimate voters and favoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.": The sources support allegations of inadequate safeguards/transparency and concerns about denying genuine voters, but do not support this exact combined claim that the Election Commission is conducting the revision 'potentially removing legitimate voters and favoring' the BJP as fact in the opposition's accusation. - "The demonstrations followed an Indian Express report that the two other election commissioners had raised objections to aspects of the voter re-verification process.": The sources say the Indian Express report was last month and that Kumar came under fire after it; saying the demonstrations followed the report implies a direct sequence but omits that the current demonstrations followed detentions/FIRs and ongoing protests, making the timing potentially misleading.
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Rahul Gandhi leads silent protest after detentions over voter-roll dispute
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc lawmakers staged a silent protest at Raj Ghat in New Delhi on Thursday, the third consecutive day of demonstrations demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The lawmakers travelled by bus to the memorial and sat on its lawn before leaving without police intervention. The gathering was calmer than Wednesday’s protest, when police blocked buses carrying opposition MPs toward Jantar Mantar and detained Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and dozens of other leaders. They were released later that evening.
Delhi Police subsequently filed multiple cases naming Gandhi and Vadra. Reports differed on the number of new first information reports: The Hindu reported at least two, while Scroll, citing The Indian Express, reported at least three. Police alleged that protesters assaulted and obstructed officers and damaged a police vehicle. Congress workers were also accused of puncturing a bus tyre. The allegations have not been adjudicated.
The opposition accuses the Election Commission of conducting a voter-list revision without adequate transparency and safeguards, potentially removing legitimate voters and favoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.safeguards. The commission and government deny political motivation, saying the exercise is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible registrations while retaining eligible voters.
Gandhi said the protests would continue despite the cases against him. The demonstrations followedcame after an Indian Express report last month that the two other election commissioners had raised objections to aspects of the voter re-verification process.
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