India cracks down on youth demonstrations with iron fist Opposition leader Rahul. Gandhi calls for continued struggle

India's main opposition leader Rahul. Gandhi today called on demonstrators to continue protesting against alleged misconduct by the Election Commission even in the face of severe security crackdowns.

Congress Party (Congress Party) senior leader Rahul. "Young people of India, I am proud of you. Continue to protest, we stand with you," Rahul Gandhi said in a statement after police detained hundreds of protesters in New Delhi.

Rahul today expressed solidarity with protesting youths demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chairman Gyanesh Kumar over disputes related to electoral reforms. They accuse the Election Commission of irregularities in revising the electoral rolls in a way that favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.

Rahul posted on X that he has been fighting against Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), the ideological mentor of the Bharatiya Janata Party, for "more than a decade" and that he "knows them well."

"We will defend our Constitution, we will safeguard the voice of the Indian people," he said.