India protest live: Opposition to march to Supreme Court over ‘vote theft’

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-10-12 · by Nadim Asrar, Stephen Quillen

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The Indian National Congress plans to march to the Supreme Court at 08:00 GMT to submit a memorandum demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar due to alleged vote fraud. Despite this, Chief Justice Surya Kant has declined to meet with opposition leaders, citing existing cases before the court regarding revisions in electoral rolls that removed 130 million people from voter lists.
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Delhi authorities shut six metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions on Monday ahead of a planned protest march by opposition parties against a controversial voter list revision. The revision, which began last year, removed over 130 million names, more than the population of Japan, including 30 million who could not be traced and 63 million relocated voters. Critics allege that Muslim voters and other minorities are disproportionately affected, though both the Election Commission and the ruling BJP deny this claim.

The opposition aims to march to the Supreme Court at 08:00 GMT with a memorandum demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged vote fraud. However, Chief Justice Surya Kant declined a meeting request from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, advising them to address issues legally since cases related to voter list revisions are already pending before the court.

Despite restrictions imposed by authorities to prevent protesters from reaching their destination, thousands of security forces were deployed in Delhi, leading to several arrests over the weekend.

Written for “India Election Protest March” on 2026-10-12, grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
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Stephen Quillen
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Topics

India the Indian National Congress the Supreme Court

Subjects

Gyanesh Kumar PERSON · 1× India GPE · 1× Kant PERSON · 1× Surya Kant PERSON · 1× the Indian National Congress ORG · 1× the Supreme Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, has announced a march to the Supreme Court at 08:00 GMT to meet Chief Justice Surya Kant and submit a memorandum demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged vote fraud.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-12
2026-10-12 · Al Jazeera
India protest live: Opposition to march to Supreme Court over ‘vote theft’ · assertive framing

Claims (2 extracted, 0 hedged)

India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, has announced a march to the Supreme Court at 08:00 GMT to meet Chief Justice Surya Kant and submit a memorandum demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged vote fraud. asserted
party → announce → fraud
Kant, however, has refused to meet the opposition leaders, saying cases related to a revision of electoral rolls that removed 130 million people from voter lists are already pending before the top court. asserted
that → refuse → court
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