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Complaints referred for investigation

Women journalists in Delhi have alleged that some police officers touched them inappropriately and mistreated them during protests in the capital. After the complaint surfaced on Saturday, the Delhi Police said it had been received by the New Delhi district and forwarded to the crime unit for an impartial review.

The allegations emerged after demonstrations in which dozens of young people were detained for demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Video posted online showed some people being physically removed from the protest site at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi.

Press groups and the opposition react

The Press Club of India called for immediate action on the complaints against police officers. The group said journalists must be able to work without fear and document public demonstrations freely.

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi also said women were facing safety concerns and argued that the Home Ministry should issue a statement. During the protests, activist and Jawaharlal Nehru University student Aahna Singh told Reuters that police grabbed her by the hair and dragged her away.

Voter roll changes at the center of the protests

On Sunday, thousands of people in Delhi and Mumbai took to the streets for a third day in a row. The demonstrators are demanding Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over sweeping changes to voter rolls.

  • Call for the Chief Election Commissioner to resign
  • Demand for an explanation of how the voter list revision is being carried out

The protesters say the revision will benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both the BJP and the Election Commission of India reject the allegations.

How the Election Commission defends the move

The Election Commission of India says the purpose of the exercise is to remove duplicate and invalid registrations. According to the commission, 130 million names have been removed from voter rolls so far; it argues that the last major revision was carried out nearly 25 years ago, making an update necessary because of people who have died, left the country or ended up registered in multiple places after moving.

The controversy has drawn opposition backlash from the outset. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical online movement that has recently gained momentum, called for fresh protests after The Indian Express reported that Kumar's two colleagues, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, had objected to at least 14 decisions and orders over the past 10 months.

The Election Commission says differences of opinion within the institution are a normal part of decision-making and that all decisions are taken unanimously. However, the emerging claims have further escalated the political tension around the voter roll revision.

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