Overview
- The party has formalised an open-ended national agitation that it says will not stop until CEC Gyanesh Kumar is removed and electoral processes are made impartial.
- Congress has launched a six-week 'Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao' campaign that will appoint a 'Vote Rakshak' at every polling booth to check rolls, locate deleted names and help affected voters restore their registration.
- The mobilisation follows a large INDIA bloc rally on November 1 that Opposition leaders described as a show of strength and a prompt to expand protests into states and districts.
- Leaders warn that roll deletions can deny poor people both the vote and access to government benefits linked to voter identity, and the party plans to press the issue in the upcoming Parliament session while seeking joint Opposition action.
- Coverage of the campaign differs across outlets with some reporting specific claims that a Special Intensive Revision removed roughly 130 million names and others noting counter-rallies from the BJP; parties in Kerala have also said they will examine separate excise-department complaints raised publicly.