The movement is protesting the removal of 130 million names from India's voter rolls—a figure comparable to the entire population of Mexico—demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. While the Election Commission maintains it is removing duplicates and deceased entries, opposition parties and activists allege the process targets marginalized voters to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP. This campaign is the second major operation for the youth-led movement, which previously forced the resignation of India's education minister in July following a scandal over leaked exam papers.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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India Detains 200 Protesters Fighting 130 Million Voter Purge
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Authorities in the capital arrested hundreds of activists on Saturday as they attempted to breach security cordons near the national parliament during a banned rally. The police in New Delhi detained over 200 participants trying to reach Jantar Mantar, the city's central protest site, using a massive security apparatus that included the deployment of thousands of officers and the suspension of mobile internet. To isolate the protest area, the government shut 57 metro stations and canceled several express trains into the city, while simultaneously detaining the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, Abhijeet Dipke.
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