Delhi Shuts Metro Stations and Seals Central Roads Ahead of Anti-Election Chief Protests in India
Interchange service stayed open as Delhi police tightened security and traffic curbs for the opposition march over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
- On Monday, October 12, INDIA bloc leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, marched to the Supreme Court demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged electoral roll irregularities.
- Reports revealed Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times to Special Intensive Revision decisions, which allegedly deleted over 130 million names; the Election Commission denies manipulation, stating the process removed ineligible entries.
- On Sunday, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant declined a formal meeting request from Gandhi and Kharge, stating that discussing sub judice matters would violate judicial propriety and the constitutional separation of powers.
- Security was tightened across New Delhi, with police erecting barricades at key points, as protesters marched to file a petition against CEC Kumar and alleged 'vote chori'.
- The Supreme Court registry flagged 14 technical defects in the petition, which seeks an independent audit of the SIR process to safeguard fundamental rights and ensure electoral roll transparency.
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A protester shouts slogans as he climbs onto a police barricade during a march by opposition parties toward the Supreme Court demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s opposition parties marched toward the Supreme Court on Monday to protest a purge of voter lists they say favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, after police detained thousands of activists over the weekend in a sweeping crackdown. Opposition lawmakers and their supporters sought to submit a petition to the chief...
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