Here is what the page “Indian Opposition MPs Detained in Protest Against Election Chief Gyanesh Kumar” contains. Indian opposition lawmakers were detained on Wednesday during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom they accuse of manipulating voter rolls to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. The demonstration, led by members of the Congress party and other opposition groups, took place near Parliament as they demanded Kumar's resignation and an independent inquiry into the electoral rolls. Police took several MPs into custody, escalating political tensions ahead of upcoming state elections.
The opposition claims that millions of names were improperly added or removed from voter lists, potentially disenfranchising marginalized communities and skewing results in favor of the ruling party. The Election Commission has denied the allegations, calling them baseless and politically motivated. Kumar, a former bureaucrat, was appointed to the top election post last year, and his tenure has been marked by controversy over the commission's impartiality. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.