# India deploys police and restricts transport ahead of mass protest in Delhi

https://mins.news/en/item/94182

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-10 04:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/india-deploys-police-and-restricts-transport-ahead-of-mass-protest-in-delhi?traffic_source=rss

> India has sent thousands of police and paramilitary personnel to central Delhi and restricted transport ahead of a youth-led rally calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over voter-list changes. Critics say the revisions favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP; the Election Commission and BJP deny the allegations.

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