Hundreds gathered at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on Saturday to protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of India’s electoral rolls. According to reports, a smaller group of government supporters held a counter-protest nearby. The protest was organised by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth wing […]
More than 20 opposition parties walked into the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Wednesday for a meeting that, on the surface, was about one man. By the time it wrapped up, it had become clear the INDIA bloc was arguing about something much bigger: whether India’s election machinery can still be trusted to run […]
What began as a legal tussle over India’s electoral roll revision process has become a full-blown political and street confrontation, set to erupt in nationwide protests starting October 2. The current phase of the controversy began with a report by The Indian Express that says there is major dissent within the poll panel over decisions […]
