Overview
- An online INDIA bloc meeting has been set for Thursday evening and will be chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to map protests and review preparations for a November 1 rally in Delhi.
- Opposition leaders plan to use the session to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and to coordinate a campaign they call ‘vote chori’ targeting the Election Commission’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
- The INDIA bloc has filed a petition in the Supreme Court alleging large‑scale voter deletions and irregularities in the SIR exercise, and the court is currently considering that legal challenge.
- The virtual meeting follows a string of high‑profile street actions earlier in October, including marches from Parliament, an eight‑hour Rahul Gandhi sit‑in at Akashvani Bhawan, and a October 12 ‘March for Democracy’ that filed a joint petition against the SIR.
- Media reports rely mainly on unnamed PTI sources for the new meeting details, and party leaders are discussing a coordination committee and further nationwide mobilization that could prolong pressure on the Election Commission and shape public debate about voter roll integrity.