新德里 — 印度反对党周一向最高法院游行，抗议他们称有利于总理纳伦德拉·莫迪所在政党的选民名单清理行动。此前警方在周末对数千名活动人士进行了大规模拘留。
SHEIKH SAALIQ NEW DELHI — India’s opposition parties marched toward the Supreme Court on Monday to protest a purge of voter lists they say favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, after police detained thousands of activists over the weekend in a sweeping crackdown .
反对党议员及其支持者试图向首席大法官递交请愿书，要求选举委员会首席专员Gyanesh Kumar辞职。
Opposition lawmakers and their supporters sought to submit a petition to the chief justice demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
由“蟑螂”青年运动领导的抗议活动自去年选举当局开始修订选民名单以来持续升级，已有超过1.3亿选民被从名单中删除。批评人士称该过程具有政治动机，存在剥夺合格选民投票权的风险。莫迪所属的印度人民党和选举委员会否认操纵指控，称此举是为了删除重复和不合格的姓名所必需。
Protests led by the “Cockroach” youth movement have intensified since election authorities began the revision last year, removing more than 130 million voters from the lists. Critics say the process is politically motivated and risks disenfranchising eligible voters. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission deny allegations of manipulation, saying the move is needed to remove duplicate and ineligible names.
游行前，当局于周一在首都关闭了六个地铁站，并警告可能出现交通中断。
Ahead of the march, authorities closed six metro stations in the capital on Monday and warned of traffic disruptions.
国大党反对党领袖拉胡尔·甘地将日益升级的抗议活动描述为捍卫宪法的斗争。他对新德里的记者表示：“我们不会退缩。”
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party described the growing protests as a fight to defend the constitution. “We will not back down,” he told reporters in New Delhi.
警方在周末于新德里拘留了数千名示威者，其中包括“蟑螂”运动的领导人。此前由该团体领导的抗议活动曾在7月迫使莫迪的教育部长辞职。
Police detained thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi over the weekend, including leaders of the “Cockroach” movement. Earlier protests led by the group forced the resignation of Modi’s education minister in July.
莫迪尚未就抗议活动发表公开评论，但其政党领导人已予以驳斥，部分人士将这些活动人士称为“无政府主义者”。
Modi has not publicly commented on the protests, but leaders of his party have dismissed them, with some calling the activists “anarchists.”