INDIA Bloc Leaders Gather at Kharge's Residence Ahead of CEC Move

Ahead of the opposition's public impeachment programme against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, scheduled for 3.30 pm, INDIA bloc leaders started arriving at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi on Friday to attend a meeting. 

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party leader Pawan Khera, General Secretary KC Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh are among the leaders expected to attend the meeting at 10, Rajaji Marg.

The meeting comes



amid the opposition's protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The INDIA bloc has accused the Election Commission of undermining electoral democracy and raised allegations of irregularities in the electoral process. 

The programme, announced by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, will be followed by an INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1.

Ramesh on Thursday announced the venue and timing of Friday's programme in a post on X, alleging that the INDIA bloc had been denied other locations.