India’s opposition parties and a youth-led movement are escalating their protests against the country’s election chief, demanding his resignation over a controversial revision to voter rolls they claim is meant to benefit Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party.
The Cockroach Janta Party, which led the protests that ousted India’s education minister earlier this year, and the All India Students’ Association had called for demonstrations in the capital Delhi on Saturday to press for chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation but were denied permission by the city police.
