INDIA Bloc Rally In Delhi | New Delhi, Nov. 1: Students affiliated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) marched towards Ramlila Maidan on Sunday. They joined the INDIA bloc’s protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
SFI activists gathered at Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan before starting their march.
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Students and youth delegates carried banners and flags. They also raised slogans, including “Inquilab Zindabad”.
The march forms part of a wider mobilisation by student groups, mass organisations and Opposition parties. The INDIA bloc rally is scheduled to begin at 11 am.
MPs are expected to assemble at the Constitution Club before proceeding towards Ramlila Maidan. Their march is scheduled to begin from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction at noon.
INDIA Bloc Rally and BJP Counter-Protest in Delhi
Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are expected to attend. Hemant Soren, Revanth Reddy, Tejashwi Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav are also among the expected participants.
Security has been tightened across central Delhi. Police have deployed personnel and erected barricades along roads leading to Ramlila Maidan. Traffic restrictions are also in place to manage demonstrators.
The rally follows an Opposition programme seeking the impeachment of Gyanesh Kumar. During a mock Parliament on October 31, Mallikarjun Kharge moved a resolution listing six allegations against the CEC.
These included the alleged deletion of 13.2 crore voters from electoral rolls. The Opposition also alleged changes to Form 6 without parliamentary oversight. It further raised concerns over the use of ECINET to control electoral rolls.
Opposition parties accused Kumar of excluding the other two Election Commissioners from key decisions. They also alleged that he acted at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Rahul Gandhi said the Opposition would not allow the CEC to “escape”. However, BJP leaders dismissed the exercise as “melodrama”. They also defended constitutional safeguards available to senior constitutional functionaries.
Meanwhile, the BJP is organising a separate march in West Delhi. The event marks the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The BJP accused the Congress of organising a political rally on a day associated with the violence.
The BJP march will begin at 11.30 am from Hari Nagar Bus Depot. It will proceed towards Tilak Nagar Metro Station.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Minister of State Harsh Malhotra are expected to participate. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, MP Bansuri Swaraj and members of the Sikh community are also expected.
Earlier, BJP MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney is scheduled to address the media at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Sahib. He will appear alongside victims of the 1984 riots.
The BJP is also mobilising survivors and their families. The party aims to highlight the alleged role of Congress leaders in the violence.
The rival demonstrations come amid an ongoing political dispute over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Opposition parties have raised allegations of electoral roll irregularities.
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