Dozens of Indian opposition leaders were detained in New Delhi on Monday as they shouted slogans, jumped barricades and marched to the Election Commission in a rare public protest against what they say are electoral malpractices.

India’s opposition parties have held a protest calling for the rollback of a controversial revision of the voter list in one of the country’s poorest states, where key elections are scheduled in November.

Rahul Gandhi and several Indian opposition leaders were arrested in New Delhi on Monday during a protest march. They were heading toward the Election Commission of India (ECI) to oppose a controversial change in Bihar's electoral roll.