India's chief justice declines Opposition request for meeting on election concerns

India's Chief Justice Surya Kant has declined a request to meet Opposition leaders.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi wanted to discuss concerns about the Election Commission and electoral processes.

They also planned to raise police action against protesters in Delhi who had called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.

One issue is the special intensive revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls.

Kant said related matters are pending before the Supreme Court and that he has a role in deciding some of them, so a meeting would not be appropriate.

Opposition leaders had also met President Droupadi Murmu and held several days of demonstrations in Delhi.

Gandhi had announced plans for an Opposition march to the Supreme Court on Monday, but the account does not say whether it took place.