Archive · 5 Oct 2026
AAP Skips INDIA Bloc March to Election Commission
The INDIA bloc plans to march to the Election Commission on October 6.
The march is about claims that there were problems with changes to voter lists.
AAP says it will not join that march.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh says the party is protesting separately in different places.
He said AAP is not using its party banners because it sees the issue as concerning everyone.
AAP and the DMK did not attend the meeting where the INDIA bloc planned the march.
Opposition parties have questioned how the voter-list changes were handled.
The Election Commission says its decisions about the changes were made unanimously.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh said the party would not join the INDIA bloc’s October 6 march to the Election Commission of India.
Singh said AAP was continuing its own protests at Jantar Mantar and other places, without party banners.
The INDIA bloc announced the march after a September 30 meeting attended by representatives of 19 opposition parties; AAP and the DMK were absent.
Opposition parties allege irregularities in the Election Commission’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The Election Commission says decisions on the SIR were unanimous; an Indian Express investigation reported that two commissioners objected to SIR decisions at least 14 times.
- Who
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the INDIA bloc, and the Election Commission of India.
- What
- AAP said it would not join the INDIA bloc’s march over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- When
- AAP announced its decision on October 5; the march is scheduled for October 6.
- Where
- The march is planned outside the Election Commission headquarters in New Delhi; AAP said it is protesting at Jantar Mantar and elsewhere.
- Why
- The INDIA bloc march is to raise concerns about alleged irregularities in the voter-list revision; AAP said it is pursuing the issue through its own protests.
Opposition allegations
Election Commission response
Handling of the SIR
Opposition allegations
Opposition parties allege irregularities in the Election Commission’s handling of the voter-roll revision.
Election Commission response
The Election Commission says decisions relating to the SIR were taken unanimously and rejects suggestions of a split within the panel.
Commissioners’ objections
Opposition allegations
An Indian Express investigation reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times to SIR decisions they said were made without their knowledge or recommendation, and called specific voter-form changes unauthorised and illegal.
Election Commission response
The Election Commission maintains that decisions relating to the SIR were unanimous.
- Planned march
- October 6, outside the Election Commission headquarters
- AAP position
- AAP will not participate in the INDIA bloc march
- AAP representative
- Sanjay Singh, AAP MP and Rajya Sabha member
- Issue
- Alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- INDIA bloc meeting
- Held September 30 and attended by representatives of 19 opposition parties
- Absent parties
- AAP and the DMK did not attend the September 30 meeting
- Election Commission position
- It says decisions relating to the SIR were unanimous
- Reported objections
- An Indian Express investigation said two election commissioners objected at least 14 times to SIR decisions over 10 months
