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Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke ahead of a planned flag protest at Connaught Place, as thousands of personnel kept the youth movement's Friday rally small.
The Election Commission has ordered a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 17 states and Union Territories with January 1, 2027 as the qualifying date. Draft rolls come out on November 12 and final rolls on January 4.
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Election Commission on the INDIA bloc's plea against SIR voter deletions, tagging it with pending cases and saying notice is not a condemnation.
The Supreme Court takes up the INDIA bloc's petition against the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls today, with Rahul Gandhi and others seeking a halt and an independent audit of deletions.
A day after the opposition's march towards the Supreme Court, Rahul Gandhi hosted INDIA bloc leaders at his Delhi home and vowed to continue the campaign, while the BJP accused him of misleading the country.
Kerala has become perhaps the first state legislature to formally seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with a resolution that also demands a new, more neutral selection panel for election commissioners.
The opposition's march to the Supreme Court over the voter list revision ended at police barricades on Monday, with Congress saying its petition against CEC Gyanesh Kumar has been filed.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says he and Rahul Gandhi will meet CJI Surya Kant on Monday to raise alleged Election Commission irregularities and curbs on protests.
Delhi was locked down on Saturday as police detained hundreds of people, including YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and Cockroach Janta Party leaders, to stop a protest demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Organisers say they will march again on Sunday.
A ten-member INDIA bloc delegation met President Droupadi Murmu on Friday night seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal over the SIR row. Rahul Gandhi's account of the meeting drew a sharp BJP rebuttal.
The Cockroach Janta Party and student and youth groups have called a 'Chalo Delhi' protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10, demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal and a halt to the SIR of electoral rolls.
Delhi Police registered an FIR over the entry of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other protesters into Akashvani Bhavan during Tuesday's INDIA bloc march against the CEC.
