New Delhi, October 12: Thousands of people, including large numbers of youth and women, joined the INDIA bloc’s ‘Dilli Chalo’ march towards the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking legal action over alleged electoral irregularities involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge thanked participants for their support, declaring that the INDIA bloc’s fight against alleged “vote theft” would continue.
Leading the march, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi praised the public participation, describing it as the “dance of democracy”. In a social media post accompanying a video of the march, he said democratic India drew its strength from its citizens.
Gandhi also expressed gratitude to the Chief Justice of India for indicating a legal route to raise the issue. “We respect the Chief Justice of India. We are quite happy he has given us a path forward,” he said, referring to the suggestion that a petition could be filed.
The march began with leaders gathering at the Constitution Club before proceeding towards Barakhamba Road, where a large crowd had assembled for the onward march towards the Supreme Court on Tilak Marg.
Several INDIA bloc leaders participated, including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
CPI general secretary D. Raja, CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and other opposition leaders were also present.
Priyanka Gandhi said the opposition would not allow democracy or citizens’ voting rights to be undermined. Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal described the turnout as a demonstration of public power and called for political accountability over the alleged electoral irregularities.
The march comes amid continuing opposition protests over the electoral roll revision process and demands for greater transparency in elections.
