India: opposition parties protest controversial electoral roll

Some of India’s opposition lawmakers, including leader Rahul Gandhi have been detained, and then released again by the police. They had taken part in a protest in New Delhi Monday, calling for the rollback of a controversial revision of the voter list in one of the country’s poorest states, where key elections are scheduled in November. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in New Delhi, Navodita Kumari.

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