Photo: Widespread Protests in India

Thousands of protesters in India, demonstrating in the capital, called the removal of 133 million names from electoral rolls 'engineering in favor of the ruling party' and demanded the resignation of the Election Commission chief. The protests, which have been accompanied by mass arrests, have become a new political challenge for Narendra Modi's government.

Thousands of protesters in India called the removal of 133 million names from the electoral rolls "engineering in favor of the ruling party" and demanded the resignation of the head of the election commission. These protests, which have been accompanied by massive arrests, have become a new political challenge for the Narendra Modi government.