预计数万人将聚集在印度首都新德里，参加一场大型反对党集会，要求首席选举专员辞职并推行选举改革。
Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather in the Indian capital, Delhi, for a mega opposition rally, seeking the resignation of chief election commissioner and electoral reforms.
这场由主要反对党国大党发起的集会将于中午左右在著名的拉姆利拉广场开始，组织者声称可能有100万人参加。
The rally, called by the main opposition Congress party, will begin around noon at the famous Ramlila Maidan grounds, with leaders claiming a million people could attend.
国大党领导的“印度国家发展包容性联盟”（INDIA联盟）的多位高层领导人表示将出席，极具影响力的Z世代主导的施压团体“蟑螂人民党”（CJP）也已承诺支持。
Several top leaders of the Congress-led INDIA alliance have said they would attend and the influential Gen Z-led pressure group Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has also pledged support.
此次集会正值对一项选民名单修订工作的批评声浪日益高涨之际，该工作已在全印度范围内从草案名单中删除了1.3亿个名字。
The rally comes amid growing criticism of a voter-list revision exercise that has removed 130 million names from the draft rolls across India.
印度选举委员会（ECI）表示，该修订工作旨在通过清除已故人员或已迁离登记地址人员的名字来更新选民名单。
The Election Commission of India (ECI) says the exercise is aimed at updating the voters' list by purging names of people who have died or moved away from their registered addresses.
但反对党指控，这项被称为“特别深度修订”（SIR）的工作可能会通过从名单中删除合格选民，使总理纳伦德拉·莫迪领导的印度人民党（BJP）受益。他们指责首席选举专员（CEC）和印度人民党“窃取选票”。印度人民党和选举委员会均否认了这些指控。
But opposition parties allege that the exercise - known as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) - could benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by removing eligible voters from the rolls. They accuse the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the BJP of "vote chori (theft)". Both the BJP and the ECI have denied the allegations.
争议在9月升级，当时《印度快报》在其调查报道中称，首席选举专员贾内什·库马尔在未经另外两名选举专员同意的情况下，就修订工作做出了关键决定，而这两名专员曾在十多个场合提出异议。
The controversy intensified in September when The Indian Express newspaper in its investigation reported that the CEC, Gyanesh Kumar, made key decisions related to the exercise without the agreement of the two other election commissioners, who had raised objections on more than a dozen occasions.
选举委员会表示，任何机构内部存在意见分歧属正常现象，并未影响其运作。
The Election Commission said differences of opinion were normal in any institution and did not affect its functioning.
但对修订过程的担忧持续存在，反对党、蟑螂人民党和学生团体在新德里及其他印度城市组织了多场抗议活动。
But concerns over the revision process have continued, with the opposition parties, the CJP and student groups organising a number of protests in Delhi and other Indian cities.
上个月，国大党议员兼反对党领袖拉胡尔·甘地率领数万名抗议者，从新德里市中心的康诺特广场游行至最高法院，要求首席选举专员辞职。
Last month, Congress MP and leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi led tens of thousands of protesters in a march from Connaught Place in central Delhi to the Supreme Court, seeking the CEC's resignation.
“一位党内领袖对BBC表示：“那次游行只是预告片”，并补充说“周日的集会规模将是那次的数倍”。
"The march was just the trailer," a party leader told the BBC, adding that "Sunday's rally will be several times bigger than that".
在集会举行前，甘地表示，他们的抗议是针对“印度民主的拆毁”，并补充说“所有反对党以及所有想要参加的人，无论政治或非政治人士，都欢迎前来”。
Ahead of the rally, Gandhi said their protest was against "the demolition of Indian democracy", adding that "all the opposition parties and everybody who wants to come, political or non-political, is welcome".
他说：“存在巨大的愤怒，巨大的情感痛苦，因为数百万人正被剥夺选举权。”
"There is huge anger, huge emotional pain because millions are being disenfranchised," he said.
“我们大家站在一起，是因为我们在捍卫宪法。我们在捍卫‘印度’这一理念。我们在捍卫选票，那是全体印度人意志的表达。”德里警方已批准周日的集会，但附带若干条件。媒体报道称，集会必须在下午5点前结束，现场必须安装闭路电视摄像头，且不允许在指定抗议地点外举行游行。
"We are all standing together because we are defending the Constitution. We are defending the idea of India. We are defending the vote, which is the expression of all Indians." Delhi police have given permission to hold Sunday's rally, but it comes with several conditions. Media reports say the rally must end by 5pm, CCTV cameras must be installed at the venue and no marches will be allowed outside the designated protest site.
这场计划中的大型集会也让位于拉姆利拉广场不到一公里处、德里最古老繁忙市场之一的月光广场的商户们意见分歧。
The planned mega rally has also divided opinion among traders in Chandni Chowk, one of Delhi's oldest and busiest markets, located less than a kilometre from Ramlila Maidan.
本周早些时候，一群商户表示，抗议活动可能会在节日期间损害生意，距离排灯节仅有一周。
Earlier this week, a group of traders said the protest could hurt business during the festive season, coming just a week before Diwali.
但另一群商户表示支持甘地的集会，并批评印度人民党（BJP）周四在市场举行游行，称这对节日季的干扰更大。
But a rival group of traders said they supported Gandhi's rally and criticised the BJP for taking out a march through the market on Thursday, saying that disrupted the festive season more.
当局已在全市部署数千名警察和准军事人员，包括通往拉姆利拉广场（周日抗议地点）的道路。
Authorities have deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel across the city, including the roads leading up to Ramlila Grounds, Sunday's protest venue.
反对派已筹备集会数日，指责政府试图阻止民众前往德里参加抗议。
The opposition, which has been preparing for the rally for days now, has accused the government of trying to stop people from travelling to Delhi to take part in the protest.
拉胡尔·甘地呼吁民众大量参加。“不要担心警察，不要担心警棍——印度人民党不敢尝试他们的任何伎俩，”他在社交媒体上写道。他的言论是在人们对近期首都抗议活动的警力部署日益担忧之际发表的。
Rahul Gandhi has appealed to people to turn up in large numbers. "Don't worry about the police, don't worry about lathis [batons] - the BJP will not have the guts to try any of their antics," he wrote on His comments come amid growing concerns about the policing of recent protests in the capital.
10月10日，数千名安全部队被部署，城市大片区域被封锁，以阻止公民正义党针对首席选举专员贾亚内什·库马尔发起的抗议活动。
On 10 October, thousands of security personnel were deployed and large parts of the city were shut down to thwart protests called by the CJP against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
所有主要的公民正义党领导人均被拘留，许多示威者遭到殴打并被拖行在街道上，以瓦解他们的抗议活动。BBC记者在现场采访时看到，警察将抗议者拖走，并对其中一些人使用了警棍。
All of the top CJP leaders were detained and many demonstrators were beaten and dragged through the streets to break up their protests. BBC reporters covering demonstrations saw police dragging away protesters and using batons on some of them.
公民正义党已公开支持“印度国家发展包容性联盟”集会，但其高层领导人是否会出席尚不清楚。
The CJP has publicly backed the INDIA bloc rally, but it is unclear whether its senior leaders will attend.