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Protesters demand India's election chief resign over voter list changes
Original: 'Cockroach' protesters demand India's election chief resign over controversial voter list changes
Protesters in India are calling for the country's chief election commissioner to resign, in demonstrations dubbed the 'cockroach' protests. The demands centre on controversial changes to voter list rolls ahead of elections, which critics say could disenfranchise legitimate voters. The unusual protest name has drawn wider attention to the standoff over the election body's handling of the rolls.
Why now: Anger over election commission voter list changes has sparked a strikingly named protest movement drawing national attention.
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- 'Cockroach' protesters demand India's election chief resign over controversial voter list changes · WRAL
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