Mass protests demanding poll chief resignation shake India for third day

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Thousands marched in Mumbai on Sunday, while others gathered for a third day of demonstrations in New Delhi. The protests began on Friday demanding that Election Commission of India (ECI) chief Gyanesh Kumar step down due to reports that he has overseen voter-roll revisions removing millions from electoral lists.

Protestantes dizem que a exclusão beneficia o Partido Bharatiya Janata (BJP) governante do Primeiro‑Ministro Narendra Modi. Tanto a ECI quanto o BJP negaram as alegações.

Led by opposition leaders Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray, thousands marched in Mumbai on Sunday, waving Indian flags and calling for Kumar to step down.

In the capital, New Delhi, protesters started gathering in the early evening. As on previous days, some were detained by police as they arrived, according to the Reuters news agency.

Police in the capital have clamped down in a bid to prevent protesters from assembling over the last two days, detaining dozens and taking them away by bus.

Some of the detainees were released later on Friday and Saturday, but police registered cases against some on charges of violating orders banning mass gatherings in the centre of the capital.

O ECI afirma que a revisão da lista de eleitores tem como objetivo remover registros duplicados, falecidos ou inelegíveis e manter a integridade eleitoral. Na sexta-feira, ele instruiu seus funcionários a registrar eleitores elegíveis inadvertidamente omitidos das listas eleitorais.

Kumar has not publicly responded to the demands for his resignation or commented on the protests, which look set to continue over the coming days, with more rallies planned.

An alliance of India’s opposition parties plans to launch protests to “save democracy” with a march to the election commission office on Tuesday. The Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced plans for a major rally in New Delhi on October 10.

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