INDIA bloc rallies in Delhi, seeks election chief’s resignation

India’s opposition INDIA bloc held a rally in Delhi on November 1, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign over alleged irregularities in a nationwide voter-roll revision. Rahul Gandhi led a march from central Delhi to Ramlila Maidan, where thousands of demonstrators gathered, according to reports from the event. Opposition leaders said the Special Intensive Revision had wrongly removed eligible voters and could benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. They alleged that deletions disproportionately affected Muslims and other minorities. The Election Commission and the BJP denied political favoritism. Election authorities said the review was intended to remove duplicate, deceased and ineligible entries and maintain accurate voter rolls. The Commission said people whose names were wrongly removed could apply to be included again. The rally itself did not establish how many eligible voters had been mistakenly deleted or whether removals disproportionately affected particular communities. Estimates of total names removed were attributed in reporting to media figures or opposition-cited filings, rather than independently established records....