Overview
- Congress will hold the ‘Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod’ Maha Rally at Ramlila Maidan on December 14 at 1:30 pm, positioning it as a party-only show of strength.
- The party says it has collected roughly five crore signatures since August rejecting alleged voter roll manipulation, with state units submitting batches such as 27 lakh from Punjab.
- Top leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi reviewed the Special Intensive Revision in 12 states and UTs as the party accuses the ECI of partisan conduct and targeted deletions.
- Opposition parties plan to press the SIR and ‘vote theft’ issue in the winter Parliament session, with TMC referring to Mamata Banerjee’s letter to the CEC and DMK highlighting its Supreme Court challenge.
- The ECI’s second-phase SIR runs November 4–December 4 across multiple states, with draft rolls due December 9 and final rolls on February 7, 2026, while BJP leaders and a UP minister dismiss Congress’s claims.