数千名印度青年“蟑螂”运动的支持者及学生团体正在南部城市班加罗尔举行抗议。
Thousands of supporters of India’s youth “Cockroach” movement and student groups are protesting in southern Bengaluru city.
印度班加罗尔，AIJAZ RAHI、SHEIKH SAALIQ 报道——周四，数千名印度青年“蟑螂”运动的支持者及多个学生团体在南部城市班加罗尔举行示威，进一步推动了全国范围的抗议活动。此次抗议要求选举事务负责人辞职，原因是其主导的选民名单修订引发争议，导致超过1.3亿人从名单中被移除。
AIJAZ RAHI, SHEIKH SAALIQ BENGALURU, India — Thousands of supporters of India’s youth “Cockroach” movement and several student groups demonstrated in the southern city of Bengaluru on Thursday, stepping up a nationwide campaign that is demanding the election chief’s resignation over a contentious revision of voter lists that has removed over 130 million people from the rolls.
班加罗尔的示威活动发生在反对派领袖拉胡尔·甘地于新德里一处抗议现场被警方短暂拘留一天之后。警方将甘地拖上车辆的震撼画面在社交媒体上广泛传播，进一步助长了要求罢免选举事务总专员贾纳什·库马尔的抗议声浪。
The demonstration in Bengaluru came a day after opposition leader Rahul Gandhi briefly detained by police at a protest in New Delhi. Dramatic images of police dragging Gandhi into a vehicle spread widely on social media, adding momentum to the protests calling for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
甘地所属的国大党已呼吁周四晚些时候在新德里举行更多抗议活动。
Gandhi’s Congress party has called for more protests in New Delhi later Thursday.
这场被称为“特别强化修订”的全国性选民名单审查工作已在印度大多数邦和联邦直辖区展开。截至目前，已有超过1.3亿人的名字被移除，这一数字超过了日本和墨西哥等国家的总人口。数百万人已经对名单删除行为提出申诉。
The nationwide voter list review, known as the Special Intensive Revision, has been carried out in most of India’s states and federally administered territories. More than 130 million names have been removed so far, a number larger than the populations of countries like Japan and Mexico. Millions of people have appealed the deletions.
反对派称，此次名单清理对支持他们的选民造成了不成比例的影响，而更可能支持总理纳伦德拉·莫迪政党的选民名单则被保留甚至扩充。选举委员会和政府则驳斥了这些指控，称此次修订旨在清除重复和不符合资格的记录。
The opposition says the removals have disproportionately affected voters who support them, while voters more likely to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party have been preserved or added to the lists. The election commission and the government reject the allegations, saying the revision is aimed at removing duplicate and ineligible entries.
名字被从名单中删除的人可以提出申诉，但要重新被列入名单可能十分困难。批评者称，相关要求令人困惑，有些人可能无法提供所需文件，例如较旧的政府记录。
Those whose names have been struck off the list can appeal, but getting back on the rolls can be difficult. Critics say the requirements are confusing and some people may not have required documents such as older government records.
上个月，《印度快报》报纸的一项调查发现，两名选举专员曾对这一流程提出担忧，此事进一步激起了民众的愤怒。
The anger intensified last month following an investigation by the Indian Express newspaper that found two election commissioners had raised concerns about the process.
该运动部分由“蟑螂”运动领导，该运动起源于5月的一场在线青年运动，随后在全国组织了街头抗议活动。其早先举行的全国示威、静坐和绝食抗议活动，围绕考试纸泄露事件，导致莫迪政府的教育部长在7月辞职。
The campaign has been led in part by the “Cockroach” movement, which began as an online youth campaign in May and has since organized street protests across the country. Its earlier nationwide demonstrations, sit-ins and hunger strikes over exam paper leaks led to the resignation of Modi’s education minister in July.
反对党领袖甘地也逐渐成为抗议活动的显著面孔。抗议者要求库马尔辞职并停止撤换人选，警告称这可能会剥夺更多数百万选民的选票权。
Opposition leader Gandhi also emerging as a prominent face of the protest. Protesters are demanding Kumar’s resignation and an end to the removals, warning that they could disenfranchise millions more voters.
这些抗议活动在莫迪执第三任期的中途，对他构成了政治挑战，因为反对党正试图将日益增长的愤怒转化为更广泛的全国性运动。
The protests pose a political challenge to Modi midway through his third term, as opposition parties seek to turn growing anger into a broader national campaign.
“蟑螂”运动呼吁从星期六起在新德里举行更多抗议活动，预计数千人将前往贾纳特曼塔尔（Jantar Mantar），即首都指定的抗议场所。警方已在抗议活动前封锁了该区域。萨利克从新德里报道。
The “Cockroach” movement has called for more protests in New Delhi starting Saturday, with thousands expected to march to Jantar Mantar, the capital’s designated protest site. Police have already barricaded the area ahead of the demonstrations. Saaliq reported from New Delhi.