Gandhi said the capital was effectively “in jail” as security forces tightened restrictions. Police had detained hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day on Sunday, when Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other movement leaders were released from detention. The youth movement pledged to continue its protests.
The dispute centers on a verification exercise covering nearly one billion voters that removed 130 million names from electoral rolls. Opposition parties allege the changes excluded eligible voters and benefited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP. The Election Commission and BJP deny wrongdoing, and election officials say the revisions target duplicate, deceased and ineligible voters.