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The Leader of Opposition said INDIA bloc leaders would approach the Supreme Court over alleged vote theft and demand action against the Chief Election Commissioner

Cockroach Janta Party convenor Abhijeet Dipke on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of waging a war against citizens to protect Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid growing demands for his resignation. The activist reached his native village, Santuk Pimpri, in Hingoli district of Maharashtra late last night, and visited the site where his grandmother's final rites were performed. In a sharp post on X, Dipke wrote, "Youth are being assaulted, journalists are being assaulted, even MPs are being assaulted by Delhi Police. What makes Gyanesh Kumar so indispensable to Modi that he is willing to wage war against everyone just to protect him?" Dipke, along with CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were put under preventive arrest at the Delhi airport ahead of the Jantar Mantar protest on Saturday. They were released on Sunday on condition that they would not "breach peace" for a year. The CJP and opposition parties have been demanding the resignation of Chief ...

Protest organisers vow to continue demonstrations demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and cancellation of the SIR despite detentions and restrictions in Delhi.

Every question being raised about the ECI must be reviewed

More than 7,000 protesters, including opposition leaders and former chief ministers, were detained as Delhi Police clamped down on protesters demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation

The INDIA bloc will hold a protest march in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh on the 'vote chori' issue on Monday, while a delegation of its senior leaders will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice of India for his intervention in the matter. On Monday, the Congress and the entire INDIA bloc and the country's youth will again take to the streets in massive numbers. This time too, the voice will echo across the nation louder than ever before, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said. "We will also meet the Chief Justice (of India) and demand that when the Constitution is being torn to shreds on Delhi's streets and democracy is being crushed, the guardians of the law cannot sit with blindfolds on," he said. "Will we stay silent while the Constitution is ripped apart? That will never happen. We will ensure accountability is fixed!" he added. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said the party appeals to every Indian concerned about democracy's survival

With Jantar Mantar out of reach, CJP protesters scattered across Delhi as police detained 3,000 people, including several prominent leaders and public figures

Protesters allegedly stone-pelted security personnel at Imtiaz Ali Marg near Akashwani Bhawan after toppling barricades during the proposed Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) stir against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the national capital on Saturday, officials said. Around noon, 25 to 30 protesters jumped barricades on Imtiaz Ali Marg and stone-pelleted at security personnel, they said, adding that some of them have been detained and two police personnel were injured in the process. Police have detained about 500 people as protesters attempted to reach Jantar Mantar despite authorities denying permission to protest and enforcing strict security measures across the New Delhi district. Several protesters were chased and detained as they tried to regroup at different locations and evade the security cordon. The protest was scheduled to begin at 10.30 am, but police and paramilitary personnel prevented participants from reaching the designated area, where prohibitory orders ar

Amid reports of people filing forms in bulk seeking removal of electors from voters lists, the Election Commission on Friday placed limits on individuals submitting such objections. The EC has prescribed limits on the number of Form 7 applications an individual elector can file to object to the inclusion of names or seek deletion of names from electoral rolls. During the claims and objections period, an individual elector can file a maximum of 10 Form 7 applications throughout the entire period. During continuous updating of electoral rolls, the limit is five applications per month. The move aims to discourage bulk filing of unsubstantiated objections, reduce inconvenience to voters and ease the workload of election officials. The poll authority wrote to all state chief electoral officers to put in place the new system.

Chirag Paswan urged Opposition parties to approach CEC Gyanesh Kumar through proper channels over the electoral roll revision, saying dialogue would be more effective than repeated protests.

Delhi Police denied permission for the CJP's Jantar Mantar protest, citing late notice and public-order concerns. Here's what the Constitution and law say about the right to protest

Opposition MPs are awaiting an appointment with President Droupadi Murmu over alleged voter deletions, while CJP has alleged that one of their leaders was detained ahead of its Oct 10 Delhi protest

Reinforcement was ordered on October 7 amid protests over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with extra personnel deployed at Kumar's residence and ECI office

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and actor-activist Prakash Raj led a protest here on Thursday against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his immediate resignation over alleged irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls. Protesters from various walks of life, including women and students, gathered in large numbers at Freedom Park and the mood dramatically turned electric, with unceasing slogan-shouting, demanding the scrapping of the SIR exercise and asking Gyanesh Kumar to step down. According to the organisers, the protest, a people's tribunal for the victims of SIR from across Karnataka, will be followed by a "Chappal protest" in solidarity with women. "Error 404 - Name Not Found", and "It's done bro, resign sir" and "Don't erase us, hear us," were among the slogans found on posters waved by protesters. Some protesters also raised slogans like "Dictatorship will not be tolerated", "vote theft", "Gyanesh Kumar Gaddi leave your chair." Posters featuring freedom fight

The Cockroach Janta Party will hold a 'Chappal protest' in Bengaluru today over alleged voter deletions during SIR, ahead of its October 10 'Delhi Chalo' protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Opposition leaders were detained in Delhi while protesting against the Election Commission and demanding action over electoral issues.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea seeking recall of its recent split verdict on whether challenges to the 2023 law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners should be referred to a larger Constitution bench. On September 23, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma gave split opinions on whether a batch of pleas challenging the validity of a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India from the panel for selecting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a larger Constitution bench. It had said due to a difference of opinion, the matter be placed before CJI Surya Kant on the administrative side for constitution of a bench of appropriate strength for an effective and authoritative adjudication. On Wednesday, a bench comprising the Chief Justice of India and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was told about the recall application by senior

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Supreme Court declines interim suspension of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, seeks responses on alleged unilateral SIR decisions and says it did not approve any modified Form 6

The Supreme Court has refused to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar and issued notices to the Election Commission and Centre on pleas alleging decisions were taken without the two poll commissioners' approval