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Thousands rally in Indian opposition protest against election commission chief

In New Delhi, thousands of people attended a rally by the Indian opposition demanding the resignation of the country's election commission chief. Opposition parties accuse the commission of altering voter lists in favor of the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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In India, the protest took place on Sunday under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress. This was the latest rally in over a month against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom the opposition accuses of biased revision of voter lists.

According to opposition leaders, over 130 million names were removed from the lists, disproportionately affecting Muslims and other minorities. The Election Commission rejects accusations of favoring any party and states that voters with mistakenly deleted names can re-register. The BJP described the opposition's actions as undermining democracy.

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