CEC Gyanesh Kumar row highlights: Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders released from detention

By HT Correspondents | Edited by Nayanika Sengupta, Danita Yadav, Poorva Joshi
Oct 7, 2026, 02:25:04 IST

CEC Gyanesh Kumar row LIVE: High drama unfolded outside the EC office in Delhi as several Opposition MPs marched towards it from the Parliament. Later in the day, Rahul Gandhi and several other Congress MPs were detained from Akashvani Bhavan.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi detained at Akashvani Bhavan in Delhi. (HT/Raj K Raj)
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi detained at Akashvani Bhavan in Delhi. (HT/Raj K Raj)

CEC Gyanesh Kumar row LIVE: Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Pawan Khera and others were briefly detained at Delhi's Akashvani Bhavan as they staged a sit-in seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation on Tuesday. However, they were released after being taken to a police station at the city's Kingsway Camp....Read More

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  • 7 Oct 2026, 01:14:18 AM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar reacts to Rahul, Priyanka Gandi detention

    Karnataka's CM DK Shivakumar reacted to the detention of Rahul and Priyanka Gandi at from Akashvani Bhavan saying that he is "ashamed.”

    “The way they are trying to delete votes in my state, I am ashamed,” he said. "BJP should not go to this level. We should win the election in a general way, earning the hearts of the people of the country... The entire nation, in fact, all the voters, have been worried about this issue.

    "My vote is my right... I think today we all should stand by him... I don't know whether the Prime Minister knows about it. Without the consent of the Prime Minister, I think they would not go to this level."

  • 6 Oct 2026, 10:41:08 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: INDIA bloc MPs released from detention

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders were released from police detention after being taken to a police station in Kingsway Camp.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 10:13:33 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Delhi Police says no permission was sought, got to know of protest through social media

    CEC row LIVE: A senior police officer said that Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other detained Congress leaders and workers have been taken to Utsav Sadan at New Police Lines (NPL) in north Delhi’s Kingsway Camp.

    “Security at and around the NPL has been increased. The detained leaders are likely to be released soon,” the officer said, asking not to be identified.

    Inputs from Karn Pratap Singh.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 09:40:39 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Delhi Police says no permission was sought, got to know of protest through social media

    CEC row LIVE: The Delhi Police said they got to know through social media that Opposition MPs were planning a march from the Parliament at 10:30am today, and that no application for permission was made.

    “The protesters broke through the first barricade put up by the police and advanced to the second barricade near NITI Aayog. Police repeatedly made announcements informing the protesters of the restrictions in force under Section 163 BNSS and appealed to them to disperse peacefully. Despite this, the protesters did not comply with police instructions and stayed on,” the statement read.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 09:23:01 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ECI wanted to send senior official, MPs rejected proposal, says poll panel

    CEC row LIVE: The ECI said they proposed sending its most senior serving official to the meeting venue requested by the MPs but they rejected the proposal.

    “The ECI proposed sending its most senior serving official to the meeting venue to receive the memorandum from the Hon'ble MPs—a step that would have been unprecedented in itself. However, this proposal was also rejected by the Hon'ble MPs,” the statement read.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 09:19:03 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Unusual, unacceptable,’ says ECI on MPs' request to meet at Parliament House Annexe

    CEC row LIVE: The EC said that it was informed by the Delhi Police DCP that 240 MPs wanted a meeting at the Parliament House Annexe, a request they termed "unusual and unacceptable".

    "The Election Commission deemed this request unusual and unacceptable, as protocol dictates that such meetings take place within the premises of the Election Commission of India," the ECI said in a statement.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 09:12:53 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ECI issues statement amid INDIA bloc MPs' protest against Gyanesh Kumar

    CEC row LIVE: The Election Commission of India issued a statement, saying no party requested a meeting till 4pm today. “Subsequently, around 4:00 PM, information was received from the Delhi Police that a delegation of MPs, led by the Hon'ble Leader of the Opposition Shri Rahul Gandhi, wished to meet the Commission and submit a memorandum,” the statement read.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 08:19:14 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi seen in police van after being detained

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi was seen in a Delhi Police van after being detained at Akashvani Bhavan. INDIA bloc MPs were staging a protest at Akashvani Bhavan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 08:12:11 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: DMK's ‘afraid of Vijay?’ jibe at Rahul Gandhi over Tamil Nadu SIR

    CEC row LIVE: The DMK took a jibe at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, urging him to clarify his stand on the SIR exercise in Tamil Nadu. The former Congress ally asked Rahul if he was “afraid of Vijay”.

    DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai, in a post on X, further questioned why Rahul had not “endorsed” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's stand asking for the “dissolution” of all state governments elected after SIR began

  • 6 Oct 2026, 08:03:55 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: DCP New Delhi Sachin Sharma is present at Akashvani Bhavan

    CEC row LIVE: DCP New Delhi Sachin Sharma is reportedly present at Akashvani Bhavan, where Congress MPs are staging a protest seeking CEC's Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 08:02:33 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Cops try to detain Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka and others from Akashvani Bhavan

    CEC row LIVE: Drama unfolded at Delhi's Akashvani Bhavan hours after Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and others reached there, seeking to meet CEC Gyanesh Kumar. A video showed cops trying to detain the Congress leaders.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 07:15:15 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Gyanesh Kumar taking steps to revoke the fundamental right to vote, says Cong MP

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad alleged that CEC Gyanesh Kumar was trying to revoke the fundamental right to vote. “The reason we are sitting on protest here continuously is that we want CEC Gyanesh Kumar to resign. He is actively working to undermine this country's Constitution and democracy. From the very constitutional office he holds, he is taking steps to revoke the fundamental right to vote—a right granted by the Constitution—which is wrong. That is why we are here…,” she said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 07:09:46 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Kejriwal backs demand for CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation

    CEC row LIVE: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday supported the demand for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

    "For the next three days, I have several meetings with different people and our workers. But I want to say that at the national level, there is a demand for the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar," Kejriwal said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 06:22:05 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Fresh visuals from inside Akashvani Bhavan, where Rahul and Priyanka are still present

    CEC row LIVE: It has been several hours since Opposition MPs Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and others reached Akashvani Bhavan in a bid to enter the EC office.

    Both of them, along with KC Venugopal, Pawan Khera, Deepender Hooda and others are still present.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 06:07:56 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Govt dismisses reports claiming it reached out to Rahul amid stir against Gyanesh Kumar

    CEC row LIVE: The Press Information Bureau's fact check unit on Tuesday dismissed reports claiming that the union home ministry reached out to Congress MPs Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi amid the INDIA bloc's stir against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

    “Do not fall for misleading claims or unverified information. Rely only on verified sources,” the PIB Fact Check said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 05:53:23 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: 'We just want to go and meet CEC and tell him that you have committed ‘vote chori’, says Rahul

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi asked why cops were stopping him and other MPs from entering the EC office. “MPs have been disrespected; we just want to go and meet CEC and tell him that you have committed 'vote chori',” he said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 05:40:27 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Youth Congress President Uday Bhanu Chib, others detained

    CEC row LIVE: Youth Congress President Uday Bhanu Chib and other protesters were reportedly detained by the Delhi Police near the Akashvani Bhawan premises.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 05:39:13 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘We will continue our protests here’, says Rahul Gandhi

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, among others, are still at Akashvani Bhavan in Delhi. ""We don't have any problem with protesting here...We will continue our protests here...If they (Delhi Police) are uncomfortable with us protesting here, they can provide us with another place to protest...The Constitution allows us to lodge a protest…," said Rahul Gandhi.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 05:12:00 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Congress protesters prepare for long haul at Akashvani Bhavan, carpets brought in

    CEC row LIVE: According to news agency PTI, some Congress protesters brought in carpets at Akashvani Bhavan, where Opposition MPs have been leading a stir against Gyanesh Kumar since this afternoon.

    A video showed Priyanka Gandhi speaking to cops.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 04:57:53 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: 'Cong ecosystem funds independent content creators, spreads false videos,' says BJP

    CEC row LIVE: BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari on Tuesday countered the Congress's protests in Delhi and said that the “ecosystem” funds content creators.

    “They are not here to save democracy; they are working to bring their family to power, and they have a completely predetermined model for it. This entire ecosystem funds different independent content creators and spreads false videos in the market. Efforts are made in these false videos to create an atmosphere against the state machinery, the Supreme Court, and constitutional institutions...,” he said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 04:46:58 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: NSUI Karnataka stages protest demanding resignation of Gyanesh Kumar

    CEC row LIVE: Amid uproar over SIR, the NSUI Karnataka on Tuesday staged a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid allegations of irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls.

    The protest was held at Freedom Park in Bengaluru and was joined by NSUI National President Vinod Jakhar, and AICC National Secretary Gopinath Palaniyappan along with others.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 04:32:05 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Can I sit at India Gate? Can I sit at Jantar Mantar? Can I sit on the road?,’ asks Rahul Gandhi

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi recalled a conversation he had with cops as they stopped him from entering the EC premises on Tuesday.

    “I told the police, 'I was sitting over there earlier. You removed me from there. Now I have come here, and you want to remove me from here too.' I am simply asking the police—fine, if you want to remove me from here, go ahead—but just tell me: where in this country can I sit? I just want to sit somewhere. I asked the police politely: Please tell me where I can sit. Can I sit at India Gate? Can I sit at Jantar Mantar? Can I sit on the road? Where can I sit? Just name a place, and I will sit there,” he said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 04:05:07 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Biju Janta Dal to join opposition protest march in Delhi

    CEC row LIVE: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is also set to join the INDIA bloc's stir against the CEC. The party's Parliamentary Party leader in the Rajya Sabha Manas Mangaraj said the decision was taken at the direction of party president Naveen Patnaik. "As directed by our party president Patnaik, oor MPs will participate in the protest march," Mangaraj said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 03:55:51 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Rahul Gandhi fomenting anarchy’, says BJP's Ravishankar Prasad

    CEC row LIVE: BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of trying to spread anarchy in the country. “The bottom line is very clear: Rahul Gandhi, his party president, and others are demanding a return to ballot papers. This implies that since they cannot win elections using honest technology, they want to win through booth capturing. They want to prevent Dalits and the poor in villages from voting, perhaps by throwing ink into ballot boxes and then securing a victory. This has been their strategy for years. We condemn this,” he said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 03:31:51 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Police are removing media personnel from Akashvani Bhavan, says Rahul Gandhi

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi has claimed that cops are also removing media personnel from outside Akashvani Bhavan in Delhi.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 03:27:02 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘What has been done to our country is called treason’, says Rahul Gandhi

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reiterated his vote theft allegations on Tuesday and called it “treason” against the country.

    “Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Mohan Bhagwat have hijacked the nation through 'vote chori', and Gyanesh Kumar has helped them. Action will be taken against all of them. What has been done to our country is called treason; nobody is going to escape,” he said.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 03:11:09 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: NSUI and Indian Youth Congress workers detained from outside Akashvani Bhavan

    CEC row LIVE: Several NSUI and Indian Youth Congress workers who had gathered outside Akashvani Bhavan, were detained by police.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:59:48 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav, Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien among those detained

    CEC row LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav, Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien were among the INDIA bloc detained during a massive protest march against CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:53:19 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: INDIA bloc marches towards Nirvachan Sadan, HT reports from the ground

    CEC row LIVE: The growing protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar have entered a fifth day today, with the opposition alliance INDIA bloc marching towards Nirvachan Sadan, the headquarters of ECI. Watch HT's ground coverage.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:41:15 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Over 300 MPs marched from Parliament to EC office, says Rahul Gandhi

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi said that more than 300 Opposition MPs marched from the Parliament to the Election Commission office today to meet the ECs. “Why aren't the Election Commissioners meeting us? Why is the police stopping and threatening us?,” he asked in an X post.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:38:27 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi issues video message standing on top of barricade in Delhi

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi shared a video message questioning the ECI as he stood on top of a barricade placed by cops in Delhi. “We want to go to Election Commission and ask Gyanesh Kumar questions on vote chori, but we're being stopped,” Rahul Gandhi said in the clip.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:34:32 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi enter Akashvani Bhawan premises in bid to reach ECI office

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MPs Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi reportedly entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises in a bid to reach the ECI office on Tuesday as INDIA bloc MPs led a march against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi.

    Several opposition leaders, including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Trinamool Congress MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien, were detained after police stopped the march, reported news agency PTI.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:25:28 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi seen climbing stop barricades during the INDIA bloc MPs' march | Watch

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was seen climbing on top of ones of barricades placed in Delhi during the INDIA bloc MPs' protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid the SIR row.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 02:10:22 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Traffic crawls across Lutyens' Delhi amid INDIA bloc march to EC

    CEC row LIVE: Barricades, diversions and security restrictions turned key roads in Lutyens’ Delhi into long stretches of slow-moving traffic on Tuesday, as the INDIA bloc's march towards the Election Commission disrupted movement across the New Delhi area.

    From India Gate and Connaught Place to Parliament Street and Jantar Mantar, bumper-to-bumper traffic built up on several stretches, with vehicles inching forward amid diversions and intermittent stoppages.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 01:49:28 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: BJP dismisses INDIA bloc protest as ‘attempt to relaunch Rahul Gandhi’

    CEC row LIVE: The BJP slammed the INDIA bloc MPs' march to the Election Commission demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation on Tuesday.

    The party has dismissed the march as “another attempt by the Congress and its allies to create anarchy and relaunch Rahul Gandhi.”

    Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that through this march, they are "venting their frustration" over their electoral defeats by levelling baseless allegations against the constitutional bodies to malign their image.

    "Friends in the opposition, the very system you are questioning is the one under which you won in Kerala. Was that victory illegitimate? You won in Karnataka. Was that victory illegitimate? You won in Himachal. Was that victory illegitimate? Opposition governments were formed in Punjab and Jharkhand; were those victories illegitimate?" the senior BJP leader asked.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 01:34:13 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Votes looted, democracy killed’- Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq

    CEC row LIVE: During INDIA bloc protest against CEC, Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq says, “ Votes are being looted, democracy is being killed; we demand the resignation of CEC. The country should get justice. Today, we have marched from Parliament, but this could take the shape of a movement, and the whole country will come out on the roads,” reported ANI.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 01:25:41 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Amit Shah wants to save Gyanesh Kumar,’ says Congress MP

    CEC row LIVE: On INDIA bloc's protest march to the ECI, Congress MP Manickam Tagore told news agency PTI, "We are not allowed to march to the Election Commission just because Amit Shah wants to save Gyanesh Kumar as he helped Amit Shah. Heavy police is deployed, stopping us from going towards the Election Commission. Even the Leader of Opposition of this country is not allowed to go to the Election Commission. This is unfortunate, anti-democratic."

  • 6 Oct 2026, 01:18:40 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Congress MPs blocked from marching towards ECI

    CEC row LIVE: Several Congress leaders have alleged that they have been stopped from marching towards the Election Commission of India in New Delhi.

    "We are not allowed to march to the Election Commission just because Amit Shah wants to save Gyanesh Kumar as he helped Amit Shah. Heavy police is deployed, stopping us from going towards the Election Commission. Even the Leader of Opposition of this country is not allowed to go to the Election Commission. This is unfortunate, anti-democratic," Manickam Tagore told reporters.

    Congress leader Kumari Selja also stated that police are preventing opposition leaders from marching.

    "We are not allowed to march towards the ECI. The LoP is not allowed to raise his voice. This is an attempt to weaken democracy," she told reporters.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 01:13:16 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: As INDIA bloc marches to EC, Goa CM defends SIR as ‘vital practice for democracy’

    CEC row LIVE: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has dismissed concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, asserting that it is not a new concept and is vital for a healthy democracy.

    In a post on X, Sawant pointed out that door-to-door enumeration has been a standard procedure since the 1950s, adding that the main goal remains ensuring every eligible citizen is registered while weeding out voters who have died or relocated.

    "Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is not a new process. Deep revision, or intensive revision, of electoral rolls has been part of India's electoral system for decades," he said.

    The Goa chief minister's remarks come amid a march in New Delhi by opposition INDIA bloc leaders to the Election Commission.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 01:03:05 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: CJP's Abhijeet Dipke alleges members getting police notices

    CEC row LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday alleged that CJP activists have been receiving police notices, "pressuring" them not to participate in the CJP's proposed agitation in New Delhi on October 10.

    Targeting the BJP-led government, Dipke also claimed 'One Nation, One Election' was merely a slogan and that the intention was "one nation, one political party".

    Dipke's allegations come as INDIA bloc leaders march towards the Election Comission in New Delhi, seeking the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:59:24 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Gyanesh Kumar cannot stay in office,’ says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

    CEC row LIVE: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had violated the Constitution and could no longer continue in office.

    “This whole campaign is to highlight the fact that a constitutional functionary, the Chief Election Commissioner, has violated the Constitution in letter and spirit. He has lied to the Supreme Court. He has lied to the country. Clearly, he cannot stay in office any longer,” Ramesh told news agency ANI during the INDIA bloc protest against the ECI.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:49:44 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav, Derek O'Brien, Abhishek Banerjee and more detained

    CEC row LIVE: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress leaders Derek O'Brien, Abhishek Banerjee and other opposition leaders detained and being taken in bus after police stop INDIA bloc's protest march on Parliament Street, where they sat on a dharna demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:31:32 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: 'Will become like Hitler's rule': Kharge on EC row, vote theft claims

    CEC row LIVE: As opposition leaders march towards the Election Commission in Delhi, Congress president and Rajya Sabha leader of opposition has alleged that due to the vote theft practices carried out by EC, democracy in India will come to an end.

    "They do this, and because of this, democracy will end in this country, the Constitution will be destroyed, it'll become like Hitler’s rule, and the entire public will be pushed into slavery. Those who are free today are being pushed back into slavery. That is why all of us in the INDIA alliance are fighting, we will continue to fight, we will achieve it," Kharge told reporters.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:27:09 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi seen on barriacades amid march

    CEC row LIVE: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were seen standing on top of the barricades placed by police during INDIA bloc's march to the Election Commission.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:25:05 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi stopped by police from entering Akashvani Bhawan amid ECI march

    CEC row LIVE: Amid INDIA bloc's march to the EC office, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped from entering the Akashvani Bhawan building by police.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:19:15 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra detained

    CEC row LIVE: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained by police after being prevented from marching towards the Election Commission.

    Several opposition leaders, led by Congress, are carrying out a protest march from the Parliament building to the EC office in New Delhi, seeking the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 12:10:04 PM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Police begin detaining Opposition MPs amid ECI protest march

    CEC row LIVE: Several oppositon MPs have now been detained by police amid their march to the Election Commission of India.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 11:57:59 AM IST

    CEC row LIVE: Government formed through ‘theft’, says Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit

    CEC row LIVE: As Opposition leaders protest against the Election Commission and ongoing SIR row, former Congress MP and Chairperson of Rachnatmak Congress, Sandeep Dikshit, termed the demand for the CEC's resignation as just a "small matter," alleging that the central government lacks any moral authority to continue.

    "Gyanesh Kumar's resignation is a very small matter. Look at what has come out. It has now become clear that—while earlier people said the BJP was a government of thieves—it is now evident that this is a government formed through theft [a stolen mandate]," Dikshit told ANI.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 11:52:27 AM IST

    CEC row LIVE: A year later, opposition takes the streets against against EC over SIR issue

    CEC row LIVE: Opposition leaders are carrying out a march against the Election Commission in Delhi, seeking the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and restoration of the names of eligible voters who were deleted from electoral rolls.

    Tuesday's march comes almost a year after opposition leaders marched from the Parliament building to the Election Commission office against the SIR issue on August 11, 2025.

  • 6 Oct 2026, 11:42:16 AM IST

    CEC row LIVE: ‘Gyanesh, it’s done, bro,' says Rahul Gandhi as Opposition marches towards ECI

    CEC row LIVE: Taking a dig at the chief election commissioner, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wrote on X, “Gyanesh, it’s done, bro. Time to resign.”

    He shared the post along with a video of the protest march INDIA bloc has launched from Parliament towards the ECI headquarter against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

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