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Police break up Indian opposition protest seeking resignation of election chief

Indian police broke up an opposition sit-in on Tuesday and briefly detained Congress party leader ‌Rahul Gandhi and other lawmakers, after they had demanded the election chief's resignation over claims that voter lists were revised to favour the government.

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