Protesters from Karnataka participated in a national rally against alleged voter deletions from electoral rolls
The November 1 rally follows a symbolic public impeachment programme held by Opposition MPs on October 31 at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence. The delegation’s participation comes amid growing opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, with the INDIA bloc accusing the Election Commission of allowing eligible voters to be removed. The protest, held at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, is part of the Opposition’s nationwide campaign against alleged electoral irregularities. INDIA bloc leaders are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging large-scale voter deletions and questioning the Election Commission’s independence. The march began from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction, with senior Opposition leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Abhishek Banerjee and KC Venugopal, heading towards Ramlila Maidan. The rally is being attended by leaders and supporters of several INDIA bloc parties. The Opposition, however, has alleged that eligible voters risk being excluded through the exercise and has demanded that the SIR process be scrapped and eligible voters whose names were deleted be restored to the electoral rolls.