With flags, placards and sloganeering, opposition marched to Rajghat
Like a day earlier, opposition INDIA bloc members met for lunch at a restaurant in Connaught Place, where they announced their visit to the Gandhi memorial. The MPs along with some political functionaries boarded buses that moved slowly towards the destination, led and followed by a large number of NSUI and Youth Congress volunteers.
Earlier reporting noted: Opposition leaders ‘pray’ at Rajghat for government to ‘get wisdom’ to remove CEC; say protest will continue For the third day in a row, leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Thursday (October 8, 2026) protested in Delhi against alleged “vote c hori [theft]” and demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, staging a symbolic s atyagraha at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial at Rajghat. Earlier reporting noted: Also read | The Rahul Gandhi show and the Congress’s INDIA bloc dilemma Earlier reporting noted: The leaders offered floral tributes and “prayed at the memorial”, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge saying “they prayed for the BJP government gets the wisdom to stop vote chori , remove the CEC and protect the citizen’s right to vote”. For Friday, the opposition is waiting for an appointment from the President. It has asked all its MPs to assemble at Central Hall of Parliament at 3pm. In the absence of an appointment, there is a buzz that the MPs may march to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Modi and Shah are snatching away the freedom that great leaders like Gandhi, Nehru, and Sardar Patel had won for us.
NEW DELHI: Protesting against “vote chori” and CEC Gyanesh Kumar for the third day running, the joint opposition Thursday prayed at Rajghat for what Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said was for “better sense” to PM Modi and home minister Amit Shah. Kharge said, “We want to tell the country that BJP govt is snatching away our right to vote. Rahul said the opposition was stopped from going to EC and then to Jantar Mantar because “Modi, Shah, Mohan Bhagwat (RSS chief), and Gyanesh Kumar have hijacked the country through a criminal conspiracy, destroyed the Constitution, and stolen votes. ”
The contingent of MPs observed silence at Rajghat for around an hour.
In a late-night video, Rahul Gandhi said senior officers of the Modi govt were calling them with the request to stop the protests. “But this process is not going to stop,” he said. The protests will culminate with action against those responsible for “vote chori”, he said.