Delhi police shut metro stations ahead of election protest march

India’s opposition parties and supporters of the ‘cockroach’ youth movement have been demonstrating against a ⁠controversial revision of election voter ⁠lists


Authorities in India’s capital closed six metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions on Monday, as opposition parties planned to march to the supreme court in protest against a ⁠controversial revision of voter ⁠lists that has sparked days ​of unrest in Delhi.


Opposition parties and supporters of the “cockroach” youth movement have taken to the streets almost daily this month to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner ⁠Gyanesh Kumar over the revision that critics say benefits prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP).

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