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The DMK has demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the scrapping of the SIR and a return to paper ballots, and will take its demands to President Droupadi Murmu.
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.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday accused the Congress and its allies of using youth-led protests against the Election Commission to push for a Bangladesh-style regime change, and asked Rahul Gandhi to respect the public mandate.
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.
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.
For the first time since 1993, Jantar Mantar is off Delhi's list of protest venues. Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground replace it as the Delhi High Court takes up a challenge to the order.
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.
Holding a special Sunday sitting, the Supreme Court directed that peaceful protesters in Delhi must not be detained outside the law and that Metro, train and internet services should run normally.
CJI Surya Kant has declined to meet Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge ahead of today's opposition march to the Supreme Court, a day after a special bench curbed illegal detentions of protesters.
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.
