INDIA Bloc Protest LIVE Updates: A day after opposition leaders were stopped near the Election Commission office in Delhi, the INDIA bloc is taking to the streets again with a fresh march at Jantar Mantar today.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, “All INDIA alliance partners will protest against Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar today.”
LoP Shri @RahulGandhi and other senior leaders were also present. 📍 New Delhi https://t.co/HRXrOHeRyJ Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge announced that all INDIA alliance partners will hold a protest against Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar today. The Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka added, “Until our demand is met, we will continue to protest. The bloc is demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. Following a day of high-voltage political drama in the national capital, which included a dharna led by Rahul Gandhi and subsequent detentions, leaders of the Opposition INDIA bloc gathered at Sagar Ratna restaurant on Delhi’s Janpath. INDIA bloc MPs attended a lunch meeting hosted by Congress President Shri @kharge.
On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and other Congress MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises, barely 200 metres from the poll body office, and asked to be allowed to meet the Election Commissioners.
The meeting was hosted by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to strategise their next steps as the opposition ramps up its offensive over the “vote chori” allegation and continues to press for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. He said, “No matter how many cases are filed against us to protect the rights of the people, we will not be afraid or stop.”
