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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a symbolic "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, organised by the INDIA bloc, alleging that the right to vote was under threat as the poll panel was functioning at the behest of the Modi government, in New Delhi.

The stage is set for the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday (November 1, 2026), with opposition leaders and supporters from different states beginning to reach the national capital for a show of strength against alleged electoral irregularities and to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The bloc carried out a symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, unanimously adopting a motion by a show of hands on Saturday (October 31).

They levelled six charges against him, including conspiring with the ruling BJP to steal elections, deleting 13.2 crore voters through the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter lists, and acting at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday (OCtober 31) termed the INDIA bloc’s public impeachment exercise against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar a “drama”, accusing the Congress of trying to push the country towards anarchy.

JD(U) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad told PTI that the exercise does not reflect the role of a constructive opposition and that the entire episode reflects an extremist perspective and will not help resolve any dispute. “This is not going to resolve any dispute in any manner. It is an attempt to push the country towards anarchy,” Mr. Prasad told PTI.

The Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance’s symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (October 31, 2026) featured accounts from voters who alleged that their names had been deleted from electoral rolls during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise.

Among them was Anita Jaiswal, who moved from Kolkata to Delhi. She said she had voted in every election between 2012 and 2025 but was now being asked to establish her citizenship.

Voters allege name removals in SIR; activists condemn EC during CEC Gyanesh Kumar impeachment at Kharge residence, New Delhi.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday (October 31) demanded the immediate removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the 2023 law providing immunity to the CEC, accusing the poll panel chief of working under the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

“The Modi government has hatched every conspiracy since 2014 to cling to power: stealing MPs, breaking parties, stealing governments, electoral bonds, misuse of ED/CBI. And now vote theft -- cut opposition votes and rule,” he alleged, adding that there are hundreds of examples of “vote chori”.

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Saturday (October 31, 2026) carried out a symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, unanimously adopting a motion by a show of hands.

INDIA bloc stages symbolic public impeachment of CEC Gyanesh Kumar on six charges, claiming electoral manipulation and threats to voters, prompting warnings to officials.

The stage is set for the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday (November 1), with opposition leaders and supporters from different states beginning to reach the national capital for a show of strength against alleged electoral irregularities and to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

With a large tricolour canopy erected over the main stage, separate arrangements for representatives of INDIA bloc parties and security preparations in place, the Opposition is gearing up for a march from Minto Road to Ramlila Maidan, followed by a rally that is expected to bring together political parties, student groups and civil society organisations.

The mobilisation is not confined to the alliance’s political constituents.

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