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India's opposition set to hold mega rally seeking election chief's resignation

It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.

BBC World•

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather in the Indian capital, Delhi, for a mega opposition rally, seeking the resignation of chief election commissioner and electoral reforms.

The rally, called by the main opposition Congress party, will begin around noon at the famous Ramlila Maidan grounds, with leaders claiming a million people could attend.

Several top leaders of the Congress-led INDIA alliance have said they would attend and the influential Gen Z-led pressure group Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has also pledged support.

Ahead of the rally, Gandhi said their protest was against "the demolition of Indian democracy", adding that "all the opposition parties and everybody who wants to come, political or non-political, is welcome".