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Delhi Barricades Routes Ahead of INDIA Bloc Sit-In
Delhi Police put up barricades near Jantar Mantar and the Election Commission’s offices.
People could not walk freely toward the Commission’s headquarters.
INDIA bloc MPs travelled by bus toward Jantar Mantar to hold a sit-in.
They want Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
They say there were problems with revising voter lists and allege rigging.
The MPs had also held a protest the day before after police stopped their march to the Commission.
Their earlier protest lasted eight hours.
The bloc is also preparing to ask the Supreme Court to consider a legal immunity provision for election commissioners.
Delhi Police barricaded roads leading to Jantar Mantar and the Election Commission of India’s offices.
Pedestrian access to the poll body’s headquarters was restricted, with barricades on Ashoka Road, Sansad Marg and Meridian Road.
INDIA bloc MPs headed by bus toward Jantar Mantar after gathering for lunch hosted by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The opposition is demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged voter-roll revision irregularities and alleged rigging.
The protest followed an eight-hour dharna the previous day; the INDIA bloc is also preparing a Supreme Court challenge to an Election Commissioners’ legal immunity provision.
- Who
- INDIA bloc opposition MPs and Delhi Police.
- What
- Police barricaded routes as opposition MPs headed to Jantar Mantar for a sit-in demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Where
- Central Delhi, including roads near Jantar Mantar and the Election Commission of India’s offices.
- When
- Wednesday, October 7, 2026; the protest followed an eight-hour dharna on Tuesday.
- Why
- The INDIA bloc cited alleged irregularities in voter-roll revision and alleged rigging.
Key facts
- Protest site
- Jantar Mantar, a designated protest site in central Delhi.
- Police measures
- Multiple layers of barricades and restricted pedestrian movement near the Election Commission offices.
- Roads mentioned
- Ashoka Road, Sansad Marg and Meridian Road.
- Protest demand
- The INDIA bloc called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Stated allegations
- Alleged irregularities in voter-roll revision and alleged rigging.
- Previous protest
- An eight-hour dharna took place Tuesday after police stopped opposition MPs from marching to the Election Commission office.
- Legal action
- The INDIA bloc is preparing to approach the Supreme Court over Section 16 of the 2023 Act, which the article describes as granting legal immunity to the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners.
Quotes
Rahul Gandhi
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
“Today, we feel that we will protest at Jantar Mantar, which is a designated protest site, and tell the country that for us Gyanesh Kumar is not a legitimate Election Commissioner.”
news18.com
“As I said yesterday, around 300 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs wanted to meet Election Commissioners but they did not meet us. They told us that we cannot protest here.”
news18.com
Sources
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