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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has called for a ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ gathering at Central Park, Connaught Place, in Delhi, on October 16

Members students’ wings of Left parties call for re-elections in Bihar and West Bengal; amid heavy deployment of police personnel, many are detained and taken in buses to designated areas for dispersal

Protesters gathered at Jagat Circle and burnt an effigy of Chief Election Commissioner, demanding his resignation and a comprehensive inquiry into the alleged misuse of Form-7 applications.

The Congress Working Committee member says many NDA parties are unhappy with the BJP and will soon join the INDIA bloc

Reacting to Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore’s claim that the DMK had stayed away from protests demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar out of fear of the BJP, the DMK said he should question Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s absence from the agitation

The Supreme Court directed the Union government and the Delhi Police to stop illegal detentions and allow free and smooth movement of people and traffic, as well as the operations of Metro and rail services, but “subject to law and public order”

It urged the Centre and the ECI to address the defects in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and restore voting rights to all eligible voters.

New session begins against the backdrop of protests in Delhi seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the Kerala High Court order on registering an FIR against Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan in the CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case

Ahead of the proposed protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Jantar Mantar, several Left leaders were detained in New Delhi

The traffic curbs come amid heightened security arrangements ahead of the planned demonstration, with restrictions on metro services, train cancellations and a mobile internet suspension in parts of the national capital

Memorandum alleges large-scale “vote theft”, demands resignation of CEC, suspension of SIR, and return to paper ballots; Rahul Gandhi says sustained Opposition pressure could bring down the government

Ahead of the October 10 protest demanding CEC’s resignation, authorities deny permission for Jantar Mantar gathering, put curbs on internet, shut down markets and Metro stations, and cancel dozens of trains bound for capital

BJP Kozhikode city district president K.P. Prakash Babu alleged that the resolution against the CEC, passed at the Corporation council meeting earlier this week, violated the High Court order.

CJP, Left groups allege supporters being detained ahead of Oct. 10 protest as Delhi Police urge citizens to not participate

On INDIA bloc’s third day of protest in Delhi against ‘vote chori’, a show of Opposition unity as SP, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) leaders present for lunch hosted by Congress president Kharge

Alleging that voters’ names are being deleted at the behest of the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister, it says INDIA bloc parties are planning nationwide protests on November 1

The BJD participated in the Opposition parties’ protest march over the alleged arbitrary actions of CEC in connection with the SIR of electoral rolls and the deletion of the names of more than 13 crore voters across the country, says the regional party

M.A. Baby alleges SIR has deprived 13 crore people of voting rights; calls for strengthening INDIA bloc to protect democracy

The Opposition party also alleged that the CEC “betrayed” the Constitution in letter and spirit at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah

State leaders of Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) also participated in the morcha, which began from the Metro Cinema and will traverse the short distance to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in south Mumbai

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slams police action on protesters, says ‘lathi can stop a crowd, but not a question’; political parties, activists and students take out rallies across States seeking electoral reforms and rollback of SIR

Prominent persons, including actor Shabana Azmi and singer Vishal Dadlani, also took part in the protest against the alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s nationwide SIR exercise

Dipke said that since a large number of people were affected due to the deletions, many will hit the streets; “If Gyanesh Kumar doesn’t resign, they will seek Narendra Modi’s resignation,” he said, alleging that Mr. Kumar was winning elections for Mr. Modi.

Opposition parties to move Supreme Court, hold district-level marches and seek President’s intervention over electoral roll revision and Election Commission functioning