Pakistan, Oct. 4 -- Protests demanding the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar intensified in Delhi and Mumbai on Sunday. Thousands of young protesters and opposition supporters joined demonstrations over changes to electoral rolls.

In Mumbai, Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray led a march against the voter-roll revisions. They called for the changes to be scrapped and demanded Kumar's resignation. In Delhi, police detained protesters for the third consecutive day amid restrictions on public gatherings.

Protesters claim the nationwide voter-roll revision has removed millions of eligible voters. They also allege that the changes could benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. However, the...