Indian voting changes sparking gen Z anger on the streets
Key points
- Demonstrators have spent almost two weeks in New Delhi demanding the resignation of India's election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. The government has responded with arrests of journalists, an internet shutdown and detentions of demonstrators.
- Protests centre on a voter roll revision that has removed more than 130 million names, which critics say disproportionately affects migrants, elderly voters and the poor. Youth group the Cockroach Janta Party has become a prominent force in the rallies.
- Police have also detained two of its leaders after they jumped a fence into Jantar Mantar.
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