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Skip adjacent conception Election main nether unit arsenic protests escalate09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Election main nether unit arsenic protests escalate
Protesters from assorted groups gathered successful Delhi connected Friday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, amid a increasing contention implicit reported differences wrong the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The protestation followed an probe
published by The Indian Expressconnected September 23, which reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally raised objections astatine slightest 14 times implicit a 10-month play to decisions concerning electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The study said immoderate of the decisions had been taken without their knowledge.
The Election Commission, however, has
rejectedthe proposition of an interior breakdown, saying that differences expressed done interior notes are portion of the mean decision-making process and that the last decisions of the three-member Commission were unanimous.
On Thursday, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) gave Gyanesh Kumar
48 hours to resignand warned that it would motorboat a nationwide agitation, including a 2nd protestation astatine Jantar Mantar, if helium did not measurement down.
On Friday, CPI(ML) Liberation person Dipankar Bhattacharya, AISA person Neha Bora — who had gone connected hunger onslaught during the archetypal Jantar Mantar protestation — elder advocator Prashant Bhushan and activistic Yogendra Yadav joined the demonstration.
The Delhi Police had heavy barricaded the country astir Jantar Mantar and did not let protesters to participate the designated protestation site. Several activists were detained wrong minutes of arriving astatine the spot.
Speaking to DW, Neha Bora accused the Election Commission of “stealing votes” and acting against democracy. She demanded Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and said the protesters would proceed their movement.
Dipankar Bhattacharya told DW that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) should beryllium scrapped and that caller elections should beryllium held successful respective states.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is facing unit to resign arsenic demonstrations intensifyImage: Abiraj Kumar Arulgnanakumar/DWhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NI8i
Skip adjacent conception Police detain protesters astatine Jantar Mantar rally against predetermination chief09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Police detain protesters astatine Jantar Mantar rally against predetermination chief
A protestation called by left-wing pupil radical All India Students' Association (AISA) and others at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar connected Friday against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was met with a dense constabulary presence.
Reports said respective protesters, including AISA president Neha Bora, were detained.
Earlier, Bora had said the protestation would request the resignation of Kumar and volition beryllium "defending our democracy."
Police heavy cordoned disconnected the protestation site, preventing radical from entering and barring protesters from approaching wrong astir 100 meters, according to a DW correspondent.
Kumar has faced disapproval implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector lists. The Election Commission says the workout aims to region deceased, relocated and duplicate voters and forestall the inclusion of "foreign amerciable immigrants."
Critics allege it has besides removed eligible voters and benefited the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Skip adjacent conception US national Matthew VanDyke granted bail, allowed to question back09/25/2026September 25, 2026
US national Matthew VanDyke granted bail, allowed to question back
Self-professed US mercenary Matthew VanDyke and a Ukrainian nationalist were released from Delhi's Tihar jailhouse connected Thursday to question to their respective countries contempt being initially booked nether India's stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), media reports said.
The 2 were allowed to question to their respective countries for a period to conscionable their families, taxable to tribunal conditions, authorities said.
They were among 7 overseas nationals arrested by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) implicit alleged engagement successful a drone-warfare grooming campy linked to taste equipped groups successful Myanmar.
All seven, including 5 different Ukrainian nationals, person been granted default bail and allowed to question to Ukraine and the US.
The NIA had initially charged the radical nether UAPA, alleging they entered India legally but traveled to the northeast without required permits earlier crossing into Myanmar.
The bureau aboriginal dropped terrorism-related UAPA provisions successful its chargesheet, saying it lacked nonstop grounds that the alleged activities harmed India's sovereignty oregon citizens.
The accused were granted default bail aft the NIA failed to implicit its probe wrong the mandatory 180-day period.
VanDyke describes himself arsenic an planetary information expert and laminitis of Sons of Liberty International. He besides directed a movie astir the warfare successful Syria.
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Skip adjacent conception Another incidental of harassment of insignificant miss surfaces successful Bihar09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Another incidental of harassment of insignificant miss surfaces successful Bihar
Yet different incidental wherever a insignificant miss was harassed successful nationalist in Bihar has surfaced.
A societal media video allegedly showed a minor miss being harassed astatine the Mandar Parvat tourer tract successful Banka successful the eastbound state.
Authorities said connected Friday they person lodged a lawsuit against six unidentified youths aft a video emerged that appears to amusement respective young men attacking the girl. Police fishy the footage whitethorn beryllium astir six months old.
Police are investigating erstwhile the incidental occurred and trying to place those seen successful the video.
The lawsuit comes days aft a separate video allegedly showing a insignificant miss on with her antheral person being harassed successful Samastipur successful Bihar led to the apprehension of 4 people.
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Skip adjacent conception Election body's app introduces 'Mark VIP' diagnostic for prime few09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Election body's app introduces 'Mark VIP' diagnostic for prime few
The Election Commission of India (ECI) introduced a "Mark VIP" diagnostic successful an app utilized by section predetermination officials during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector lists, the Hindustan Times paper reported.
VIP denotes a Very Important Person.
The diagnostic was added to the BLO App connected July 30, according to officials successful Delhi's main electoral officer's office, the paper reported. Apple's App Store records described the update arsenic "mark VIP elector related changes."
The ECI did not respond to questions astir the diagnostic oregon the ineligible ground for its introduction, the study said.
A abstracted probe by The Reporters' Collective recovered that predetermination officials had been instructed to people ministers, judges, bureaucrats, celebrities and different salient figures arsenic VIPs during the revision. It reported that specified voters could person preferential treatment, including avoiding hearings required of mean voters.
In caller days, Delhi's main electoral serviceman has issued notices to astir 3.3 cardinal voters during the SIR exercise, which included Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, erstwhile Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.
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Skip adjacent conception Cockroach enactment urges absorption to boycott India's 'rigged' elections09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Cockroach enactment urges absorption to boycott India's 'rigged' elections
On Thursday, the CJP accused India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining the country's ideology and demanded his resignation wrong 48 hoursImage: Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times/Sipa USA/picture allianceCockroach Janta Party (CJP) laminitis Abhijeet Dipke connected Friday called connected India's absorption parties to halt participating successful India's "rigged" elections, arsenic it threatened to launch protests crossed the country connected October 2.
"For opposition: Yes, elections are being rigged," Dipke posted connected societal media, arguing that if the absorption continues to contention specified elections, it legitimizes them and "maintain the illusion that they are escaped and fair."
"If elections are being rigged, it should substance careless of the authorities oregon which enactment is affected," Dipke wrote, calling connected absorption parties to prioritize ideology implicit governmental survival. "You cannot support saying the crippled is rigged portion continuing to play it. Your information is the lone happening that gives these rigged elections legitimacy."
On Thursday, the CJP accused India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining the country's ideology and demanded his resignation wrong 48 hours.
CJP alleged that the Election Commission's voter-roll revision is being utilized to payment Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The CJP's demands include:
- Criminal proceedings against Kumar
- All upcoming elections enactment connected hold, frost Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- Repeal the 2023 instrumentality connected the assignment of the Election Commissioners of India
Meanwhile, 2 petitions were filed successful the Bombay High Court connected Thursday challenging the SIR process successful Maharashtra.
Education curate concedes to 'Cockroach' demands, resigns
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Skip adjacent conception Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi, Shah of being down predetermination 'rigging'09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi, Shah of being down predetermination 'rigging'
Gandhi accused the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of bypassing his sentiment to elevate Gyanesh Kumar arsenic the Election Commission caput [FILE: July 22, 2026]Image: Sajjad Hussain/AFPBoth the absorption person Rahul Gandhi and the Cockroach Party governmental movement called India’s elections "rigged," arsenic the uproar implicit the Election Commission of India's (ECI) handling of the voter-list revision shows nary motion of abating.
On Thursday, Congress Party person Gandhi alleged that elections successful India were being "rigged," and called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. It followed a study by Indian Express connected objections raised by 2 predetermination commissioners to decisions related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector lists.
The study said that Kumar's chap Election Commissioners had raised astatine slightest 14 objections implicit 10 months to decisions connected elector registrations and electoral data. In 1 instance, 1 of the complaints said the ECI acted against the written proposal of 2 commissioners and claimed its enactment was "unauthorized and illegal."
The 3 commissioners are overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which the ECI says aims to region deceased, relocated and duplicate voters and forestall the inclusion of "foreign amerciable immigrants." Critics accidental the workout has gone beyond that remit and removed millions of eligible voters, which has benefitted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"If the ballot has been destroyed, past our Constitution has been destroyed. It nary longer has power," Gandhi said during a property conference.
Gandhi besides alleged that Kumar was elevated to Election Commission caput by Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, contempt his absorption to the appointment. He went connected to accuse them of being "at the apical of the conspiracy," and called for them to beryllium investigated.
Meanwhile, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi defended the ECI, saying connected Thursday that the SIR process was legally dependable and that the commission’s decisions were based connected bulk consensus. He said the instrumentality empowers the ECI to behaviour an SIR astatine its discretion.
India's adjacent wide elections are not expected until 2029, but a bid of important authorities elections volition instrumentality spot adjacent year.
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Skip adjacent conception Welcome to our coverage09/25/2026September 25, 2026
Welcome to our coverage
Hello!
This is Shakeel from DW's New Delhi Studio bringing you the latest updates from crossed India.
The furor implicit the Indian Express probe that thrust the Election Commission of India (ECI) into the spotlight implicit its handling of the voter-list revision shows nary motion of dying down. Opposition person Rahul Gandhi and satirical governmental movement, the Cockroach Party, person some described India's elections arsenic "rigged." The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, has rallied successful enactment of the ECI.
Staying with the ECI, it turns retired determination are citizens who are much adjacent than others, arsenic the voter-list revision present sees immoderate names marked VIP — Very Important Person. The database is said to see elected representatives, judges, holders of law oregon different declared offices, and salient figures from the arts and culture.
Meanwhile, different time and different lawsuit of alleged sexual assault successful public, a video has surfaced purportedly showing a insignificant miss being harassed successful Bihar again.
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