Opposition protests against the Election Commission entered a second day on October 7, with INDIA bloc MPs stopped by Delhi Police en route to Jantar Mantar.

The MPs got off their buses and staged a sit-in outside the Shangri-La Hotel. Rahul Gandhi declared: “Gyanesh Kumar will have to resign.” He also posted on X: “Gyanesh, it’s done, bro. Time to resign.”

On October 6, a march from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters was stopped near Akashvani Bhavan. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained, and MPs raised slogans of “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod.”

The bloc demands Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and restoration of 47.56 lakh deleted names.

Uddhav and Raj Thackeray led a joint protest in Mumbai, and the Cockroach Janta Party announced a youth demonstration at Jantar Mantar on October 10. The ECI and BJP deny the allegations.