# India opposition leaders briefly detained during protest against election chief

https://mins.news/en/item/87851

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-06 11:16 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/india-opposition-leaders-briefly-arrested-in-protest-against-election-chief?traffic_source=rss

> Police briefly detained several opposition legislators in New Delhi after they tried to cross barricades during a march calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Protesters accuse the election body of manipulating voter registrations to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, while the commission says its voter-roll revision removes duplicate, deceased and ineligible entries and protects electoral integrity.

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