New Delhi, November 1, the outbreak of large-scale demonstrations, demonstrators accused the Modi government of trying to use the electoral roll to manipulate the election, demanding the resignation of the country’s chief election Commissioner Kumar.Thousands of people took to the streets at the behest of opposition leaders to demand that the Electoral Commission of India Halt the revision of the electoral roll and guarantee the voting rights of voters of all ethnic groups on an equal footing.
Since the end of September, the Indian opposition has joined with other civil society groups to launch large-scale demonstrations across the country, accusing the Modi government of selectively culling more than 130 million voters by revising the electoral roll, most of them are Muslim and other minority voters, in favor of Modi’s ruling party something Haratiya something ata something.
Both his government and the Electoral Commission have denied any wrongdoing, and the political controversy is likely to heat up further as changes to the electoral roll gradually spread across India.