00:01Indian police broke up an opposition sit-in on Tuesday and briefly detained Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi and other
00:09lawmakers after they had demanded the election chief's resignation over claims that voter lists were revised to favor the government.
00:17Dozens of lawmakers led by Gandhi had marched on the election commission of India headquarters before beginning the nearby sit
00:26-in on white mattresses under a tree, which ended in the evening when police swooped in and hauled several of
00:32them into vehicles.
00:40Parties opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, along with members of the popular cockroach youth movement, launched protests against chief
00:49election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after the Indian Express newspaper reported disagreements within the commission last month over updating voter lists.
00:59The demonstrations present a political challenge to Modi midway into his third term, just months after similar protests forced the
01:08resignation of his education minister over exam paper leaks.
