India’s opposition rallies in Delhi against voter-list revision
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Tens of thousands joined an opposition rally in Delhi demanding the chief election commissioner’s resignation over changes to voter lists. Opposition parties allege eligible voters are being excluded to favour the BJP; the party and Election Commission deny the allegations.
India’s opposition INDIA bloc brought tens of thousands of supporters to Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party led the gathering, where senior opposition figures challenged a voter-list revision they allege has excluded legitimate voters to benefit the governing Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Special Intensive Revision has removed more than 130 million names from draft electoral rolls, according to the BBC report. The Election Commission says it is eliminating duplicates and entries for deceased, relocated or otherwise ineligible voters, and that eligible people can request reinstatement. Both the commission and BJP reject the opposition’s allegations. Federal minister JP Nadda accused rally organisers of seeking to destabilise the government.
The dispute concerns access to electoral rolls, but the reported removals are from draft lists, with the commission saying wrongly excluded voters can seek restoration. The source does not establish how many removals involved eligible voters. Opposition leaders also staged a mock impeachment of Kumar, which carried no legal force.
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