Ludhiana, Dec. 15 -- Allegations of large-scale deletion of voters' names during the ongoing block samiti and zila parishad elections sparked protests by Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leaders in several villages of the Mullapur block in the Dakha assembly constituency on Sunday.

Leaders of the two opposition parties staged a protest outside the gate of a government school in Swaddi Kalan village after voters and candidates complained that their names had been struck off the electoral rolls. The protest was led by Congress's Dakha in-charge Captain Sandeep Singh Sandhu and Akali Dal leader Jaskaran Singh Deol.

The demonstration followed complaints from an Akali Dal candidate, Gurdip Singh, alias Kaka, and several voters, inclu...