INDIA Bloc MPs Detained After Marching to ECI Headquarters Over Electoral Rolls
· India · The Hindu
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other opposition MPs were detained by Delhi Police on October 6, 2026, after their protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission of India headquarters was blocked. The opposition leaders staged a sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. Rahul Gandhi termed the actions regarding the voter lists as treason, while various opposition leaders gathered to protest the deletion of voters. The Aam Janata Party and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam stayed away, but 19 parties participated in the demonstration. The INDIA bloc planned to continue protests outside the chief electoral officer's office the following day.
Why it matters
The confrontation between the opposition alliance and election authorities escalates political tensions over electoral roll revisions and institutional autonomy ahead of upcoming political cycles.
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