Police detain CPM Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas during a demonstration demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a protest in New Delhi on Sunday Thiruvananthapuram: Narendra Modi govt is attempting to drown in blood the uprising against its authoritarian efforts to trample the electoral process and constitutional institutions, said opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday.In a statement on social media, he said, “What unfolded today in the nation’s capital against peacefully assembled protesters was nothing short of brutal state repression.”“To crush the protest, nearly 50,000 police and paramilitary personnel were deployed on the streets. They unleashed...