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Rahul Gandhi Detained Again as Voter List Cuts Spark Outcry

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC · How we work

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Rahul Gandhi was detained by police during a protest demanding Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
It was Gandhi’s third detention in two days as marched toward Jantar Mantar.
The Election Commission’s Intensive Revision removed over 130 million names from voter lists nationwide.
Opposition parties claim the cuts target voters to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP.
The commission says the revision eliminates duplicate and ineligible entries, not political bias.

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Rahul Gandhi was detained by police during a protest demanding Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
It was Gandhi’s third detention in two days as marched toward Jantar Mantar.
The Election Commission’s Intensive Revision removed over 130 million names from voter lists nationwide.
Opposition parties claim the cuts target voters to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP.
The commission says the revision eliminates duplicate and ineligible entries, not political bias.