India's Hindu-nationalist ruling party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in national power since 2014; one of the world's largest political parties.
Delhi protesters demand the chief election commissioner resign over a purge of more than 130 million names from draft voter lists, Foreign Affairs reports. It judges Modi in no danger of falling, yet calls the protests the most significant challenge to his authority since 2014.
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Delhi police detained scores of protesters and three leaders of the 'Cockroach' youth movement on Saturday to stop a rally against the election chief. The curbs reached past the protest site: 45 metro stations and markets were shut across the city and mobile internet was suspended in the business district.
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Delhi police detained over 2,000 people to stop a protest against India's election chief before a court freed the movement's leaders within a day. For investors, the risk that lasts longer is the dispute behind the protests, over some 130 million names cut from voter rolls, according to Election Commission data reported by NBC News.
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India's Cockroach Janata Party says at least 10,000 people were detained before its Saturday march in Delhi, a figure authorities have not confirmed. The group wants election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign over the revision of India's voter rolls.
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Indian police detained thousands of 'Cockroach' youth protesters in New Delhi on Saturday to stop a march against the voter-list revision. The Hindu put the count above 3,000, and the closures ordered to get there show how far the government will go to defend a revision the opposition says favours Modi's party.
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Tariffs, secondary-sanction threats and White House warmth toward Pakistan and China have not moved New Delhi. What holds the line is a political choice with an expiry clause.
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