Protests against voter roll revisions rock capital of world's largest democracy

Parts of the capital city of India, the world's largest democracy, are on lockdown. Protests over sweeping revisions to the voter rolls were met with a massive police crackdown. Transcript JOEL ROSE, HOST: Parts of the capital of the world's largest democracy are on lockdown tonight. Demonstrations flared across New Delhi today to protest a controversial revision of the country's electoral rolls. Authorities there have removed some 130 million names from voter lists or demanded more proof from residents to stay on the list. The protests took place despite authorities barricading routes and detaining hundreds of demonstrators.NPR's Diaa Hadid is there, and she is on the line with us now. Talk about what sparked all of this - millions of names being struck off of voter rolls. How did this happen?DIAA HADID, BYLINE: Yeah, it happened because last year, India's electoral commission announced it would clean up the country's voter rolls by removing people who died, moved addresses or were absent in general. And the ruling Hindu nationalist party, known as the BJP, also pitched it as an effort to root out illegal migrants who they claimed were on the voter rolls.And there were about 980 m...