New Delhi133 million names have left India’s voter rolls since last year, media reports say.
Thousands marched in India’s capital Monday, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign.
Officials say the revision removes duplicate, dead and fraudulent names, but critics say it favours Modi’s party and hurts Muslims most.
Police detained thousands over the weekend, and the Supreme Court ordered that peaceful protesters not be held illegally.
The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party says it will not stop until Kumar resigns.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 450+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- cites 133 million names removed from voter lists and the 969 million eligible voters from 2024
- Dawn
- reports Bollywood figures Imran Khan, Vijay Varma and Huma Qureshi backing the CJP protests
- The Guardian leans critical
- argues the crackdown backfired, framing Modi's response as fear of voters and a constitutional-rights failure
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, Dawn, The Guardian