Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended India as the 'mother of democracy' at a Bloomberg event as protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter fraud intensify. Authorities have cracked down on demonstrators, detaining Cockroach Janta Party members, opposition politicians, YouTubers, lawyers and journalists, and barring protests at Jantar Mantar. Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, led a march to the Supreme Court against voter-list revisions that struck off about 130 million names. The BJP said the deletions covered 28 million deceased people, 68 million who relocated, 10 million duplicate entries and 30 million absent or untraceable voters. Experts quoted by CNBC said the protests do not yet threaten India's stability, but heavy-handed tactics could widen the unrest.
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Original headline: As 'Cockroach' protests grow over alleged voter fraud, Modi defends India as ‘mother of democracy’
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