Anti-establishment demonstrations sweep across India

Critics of a voter roll review review argue the exercise is politically motivated and anti-democratic. Indian authorities briefly detained the leader of the country’s main opposition party in widening anti-establishment demonstrations. The latest protests center around anger over a review of India’s electoral roll that has resulted in tens of millions of people being deleted; critics, who argue the exercise is politically motivated and anti-democratic, have demanded the head of the election commission resign, while the Supreme Court has said the government must hold officials accountable. Earlier demonstrations erupted over mismanagement of a string of public examinations, and broader youth disenchantment with the authorities. “All over the world, democracy means people chose their government,” one protester told The New York Times. “ But here, the government chooses who can be a voter.”