Central Delhi locked down, internet cut as youth protest demands election chief quit
Thousands of police deploy and metro stations shut in New Delhi as the “cockroach” youth movement demands chief election commissioner resign
Touted by the organisers as a protest to “Save Democracy”, it aims to be the biggest of the demonstrations that were launched last week after the Indian Express newspaper reported that Kumar’s deputies had questioned and disagreed with him over the revision process that saw some 130 million voter names removed.
Opposition parties have long alleged that the government is trying to fix voter lists to its advantage and were quick to resurrect the allegations following the report.
