India's opposition parties march to the Supreme Court as protests over voter lists escalate

Summary

Police in New Delhi temporarily detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi to end an almost nine-hour standoff during a protest by India's main opposition parties seeking the resignation of the chief election official, Bloomberg and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, with a heavy security presence in place around Parliament and the Election Commission's headquarters, according to Bloomberg. On 10 October, authorities launched a major security crackdown in New Delhi, detaining thousands of protesters from India's youth 'Cockroach' movement who intended to hold a mass demonstration against a voter list revision, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and the LA Times. On Sunday 11 October, three leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party, a youth movement, were released a day after they were detained ahead of the protests and vowed to continue demonstrations, according to CBS News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ABC News and PBS NewsHour. The protests were triggered after authorities removed more than 130 million voters from the list since last year, a move critics say is politically motivated, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission deny manipulation allegations, PBS NewsHour reported. On Monday 12 October, India's opposition parties were marching to the Supreme Court to protest a voter list purge they claim favors Modi's party, as the protests escalated, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.

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