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India Voter-Roll Protests Widen as Farmers Set to Join In
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India Voter-Roll Protests Widen as Farmers Set to Join In Indian farmers who helped force Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a rare policy retreat four years ago are set to join nationwide protests against a contentious overhaul of voter rolls on Friday, widening a movement challenging the country’s Election Commission. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a coalition of farmers’ organizations, is planning to march to the poll body’s headquarters in New Delhi from a nearby Sikh temple, according to P....
India Voter-Roll Protests Widen as Farmers Set to Join In
Indian farmers who helped force Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a rare policy retreat four years ago are set to join nationwide protests against a contentious overhaul of voter rolls on Friday, widening a movement challenging the country’s Election Commission.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a coalition of farmers’ organizations, is planning to march to the poll body’s headquarters in New Delhi from a nearby Sikh temple, according to P. Krishnaprasad, a member of SKM’s coordination committee. He expects police to block the march.