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INDIA bloc plans short march as it prepares for long battle on voter rolls

Cong strategists believe Gandhi's press conference in Delhi, where he presented "evidence" of election irregularities, including alleged fraud in the Mahadevapura Assembly has struck a chord in nation

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LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi addressing the Congress’ Vote Adhikar Rally, in Bengaluru on Friday. On Sunday, the party launched a web portal inviting citizens to register their demand for EC accountability and to back Gandhi’s push. | Image: PTI

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The Congress and its allies in the Opposition INDIA bloc on Sunday vowed to intensify their campaign against what they call “vote theft” in the run-up to 79th Independence Day, even as the Election Commission of India (EC) insisted that Rahul Gandhi’s allegations were built on “forged evidence”, “wrong analysis”, and “absurd conclusions”. 
On Monday morning, floor leaders of INDIA bloc parties — led by Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha — will march from Parliament House to Nirvachan Sadan, the EC’s headquarters, Congress sources said. It’s a mere kilometre’s walk, but a symbolic act of