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Kharge to Host Lunch for INDIA Bloc MPs Amid Intense Protests
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News18•07-10-2026, 10:30
Kharge to Host Lunch for INDIA Bloc MPs Amid Intense Protests
- •Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is hosting a lunch for INDIA bloc MPs on Wednesday at Sagar Ratna, Janpath.
- •The opposition alliance will discuss immediate steps to escalate protests over the vote chori issue and demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
- •The meeting follows a massive day of protests led by Rahul Gandhi, which included a march and an eight-hour sit-in near Parliament Street.
- •Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders were briefly detained by police on Tuesday after attempting to march to the Election Commission office.
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Opposition MPs marched and held an eight-hour sit-in protest to up the ante over the "vote chori" issue and push for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hosted a lunch for the INDIA bloc MPs at Sagar Ratna, Janpath, to plan their immediate steps.
Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders were forcibly removed by police from a sit-in near the Election Commission office, briefly detained for about two hours, and released later that evening.
