四年前，正是这些印度农民迫使总理纳伦德拉·莫迪做出了罕见的政策让步。如今，他们计划于周五参加全国性的抗议活动，反对对选民名单进行的争议性修改，这场抗议运动正在不断扩大，对印度的选举委员会构成挑战。
Indian farmers who helped force Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a rare policy retreat four years ago are set to join nationwide protests against a contentious overhaul of voter rolls on Friday, widening a movement challenging the country’s Election Commission.
根据农民组织联盟“Samyukt Kisan Morcha”的协调委员会成员P·克里希纳普拉萨德（P. Krishnaprasad）的说法，该联盟计划从附近的一座锡克教寺庙出发，向新德里的选举委员会总部行进。他预计警方会试图阻止这次游行。
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a coalition of farmers’ organizations, is planning to march to the poll body’s headquarters in New Delhi from a nearby Sikh temple, according to P. Krishnaprasad, a member of SKM’s coordination committee. He expects police to block the march.
印度其他地区的农民和工会也计划举行示威活动，要求选举委员会主席吉亚内什·库马尔（Gyanesh Kumar）辞职。这场抗议运动的参与者主要包括学生、年轻人以及反对党成员。正是“Samyukt Kisan Morcha”在2021年发起了长达一年的抗议活动，最终迫使莫迪废除了那些有争议的农业法规。
Farmers and trade unions are also expected to hold demonstrations in other parts of India, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Their entry broadens a movement that has so far drawn much of its momentum from students, young people and opposition parties. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha had spearheaded the year-long agitation that pushed Modi to repeal contentious farm laws in 2021.
与上周由学生主导的抗议活动相比，周五的安保措施明显宽松了许多——当时当局用路障封锁了新德里市中心的部分区域，并在政府大楼和抗议地点部署了防暴警察及准军事部队。
Security was noticeably lighter on Friday than during last week’s student-led protests, when authorities sealed off parts of central New Delhi with barricades and deployed riot police and paramilitary forces around government buildings and protest sites.
克里希纳普拉萨德表示，抗议活动的组织者并未向警方申请许可，因为他们认为和平抗议是宪法赋予的权利。
Krishnaprasad said organizers haven’t sought police permission for Friday’s demonstrations, saying peaceful protest is a constitutional right.
“无论警方在哪里阻止我们，我们都会坚持站在那里，继续提出我们的诉求，宣读我们的声明，唱响我们的国歌，然后才会散去。”他说。
“Wherever the police stop us, we will stand there, we will keep our demands there, we will make the announcement, we will sing our national anthem and then we will disperse,” he said.
近几周来，新德里因选举争议而多次发生抗议活动。本月早些时候，反对党领袖拉胡尔·甘地（Rahul Gandhi）在反对选举委员会的抗议活动中被警方拘留；此外，学生领袖索拉夫·达斯（Saurav Das）和兰卡（Ranka）也被逮捕（后来被释放），这进一步加剧了紧张局势。
New Delhi has been hit by repeated protests over the election controversy in recent weeks. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was detained by police earlier this month as part of demonstrations against the poll body, while the arrests of student leaders Saurav Das and Ranka, who were later released, added to tensions.
这场风波是由《印度快报》上个月的一项调查引发的，该调查发现，库马尔的另外两位同僚委员曾多次对印度选民名册的一次全面更新提出异议，该更新导致数百万人从草案选民名单中被移除。选举委员会否认有任何不当行为。
The furor was stoked by an Indian Express investigation last month that found Kumar’s two fellow commissioners repeatedly objected to aspects of a sweeping update of India’s electoral rolls that removed millions from draft voter lists. The poll body has denied any wrongdoing.