Indian student groups and diaspora protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in London

Hundreds gathered at London's Parliament Square on October 17 for a protest organized by the Opposition Congress and UK Indian student groups against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and electoral roll revisions.

Activist Dhruv Rathee served as keynote speaker for the Stop Vote Chori protest, while a smaller group across the Gandhi statue held a counter-protest chanting Modi slogans.

Metropolitan Police officers kept the rival groups apart as demonstrations continued following an emergency protest called to demand the commissioner's removal.