India news: Protesters march to Election Commission demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation
A coalition of students, farmers and civil society groups have joined calls for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over India's voter roll revision exercise. DW has more.
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