Indian Politics

Opposition holds second day of Delhi protests demanding CEC's resignation

Hindustan Times2h
THE BRIEF
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Opposition lawmakers held a protest march in central Delhi for a second consecutive day, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over the special intensive revision exercise.

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Police stopped a 5,000-strong force against at least 200 INDIA bloc MPs, detaining 91 leaders and workers after a three-hour traffic impasse and an impromptu sit-in outside the Shangri La hotel.

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BJP president Nitin Nabin criticized the protests as an attempt to create anarchy and protect illegal infiltrators at the cost of Indian citizens' rights.