India opposition plans New Delhi protest to demand election chief resign

Indian authorities closed several metro stations and deployed thousands of police officers in Delhi to prevent an opposition march led by Rahul Gandhi protesting the controversial revision of voter lists. Thousands of protesters and supporters of the youth movement CJP were detained during the demonstrations, which the Election Commission of India denies involving any wrongdoing. Opposition figures, including MP John Brittas, condemned the mass detentions as an attack on democratic freedoms. The march was planned to head to the Supreme Court to protest these changes, seen as benefiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP.