Hundreds of police guard Indian capital ahead of opposition protest

Security was tightened around the Election Commission as opposition lawmakers prepared to march over allegations that voter-list revisions favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party.

Hundreds of security personnel fanned out on Tuesday in the heart of the Indian capital, with barricades thrown ​up ahead of an opposition march to demand the ‌resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.