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AAP to stay away from INDIA bloc march to ECI over electoral roll row
- •Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh announced that his party will not join the INDIA bloc march to the Election Commission of India office.
- •Singh stated that AAP is running its own protests as a people's movement without using party banners at Jantar Mantar and across the country.
- •The INDIA bloc planned a Save Democracy March and a protest march to the ECI led by opposition MPs from October 2 to October 8.
- •AAP leaders like Delhi president Saurabh Bhardwaj have been staging independent protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed it was established beyond doubt that the CEC illegally changed Form 6 during the Special Intensive Revision.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh stated that while his party is continuously protesting the Election Commission row as a people's movement without party banners, they are simply not participating in this specific march organized by the INDIA alliance on October 6 and are instead fighting the battle in their own way.
The protests stem from a row involving the poll body and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, alongside allegations that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar illegally and unilaterally modified Form 6.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced a nationwide 'Save Democracy March' at the district level from October 2 to October 8, which includes opposition MPs marching to the ECI on October 6 and leaders meeting President Droupadi Murmu in the second week of October.
