Overview
- Congress announced the 'Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod' rally for December 14 at Ramlila Maidan, framing it as a party-only mobilisation rather than an INDIA bloc event.
- Leaders say roughly five crore signatures gathered in a door-to-door campaign will be showcased, with state units handing in collections such as 27 lakh from Punjab.
- More than 5,000 workers from Jharkhand are being mobilised for the Delhi event, with district presidents compiling participant lists.
- Opposition parties plan to raise the SIR and alleged voter-roll manipulation in the winter session from December 1 to 19, with TMC seeking a debate, DMK citing its Supreme Court challenge, and AAP likely to back allied interventions.
- BJP figures dismissed the allegations as politically motivated, and the ECI has defended its process, which is in Phase 2 through December 4 across 12 states and UTs with draft rolls due December 9 and final rolls slated for February 7, 2026.