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Delhi lockdown: Modi deploys 30,000 police to stop protests
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi deployed nearly 30,000 personnel to seal central New Delhi and halt protests.
- Police erected barricades at Connaught Place and detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke.
- Authorities cancelled all trains to Delhi and shut down over 50 metro stations and the internet.
- Protesters demand Election Commission chief Gyanesh Kumar resign and reversal of a voter-list cut affecting 130 million people.