India deploys police, restricts transport ahead of major opposition protest in New Delhi

India deployed thousands of police in its capital and restricted transportation in and around Delhi ahead of mass demonstrations on Saturday demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief over alleged voter-roll irregularities. The protests, called by the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision. Demonstrations erupted across the country after a newspaper investigation last month alleged misconduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI has…