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India's CJP Renews Call for Poll Body Chief to Quit

After a weekend of mass detentions and heavy security in Delhi, opposition parties plan to submit a memorandum to India's chief justice demanding an end to alleged electoral manipulation, a halt to voter-roll revisions and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. (Source: Bloomberg)

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