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INDIA Alliance Ignites Fire Against Election Commission, Announces 5 Major Rallies
- •The INDIA Alliance has decided to launch a nationwide protest against the Election Commission.
- •Over the next month, grand rallies will be held in five major cities, culminating in a massive rally in New Delhi on November 1st.
- •On October 6th, opposition MPs will march to the Election Commission, announced Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
- •All parties in the INDIA Alliance demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Kharge called for all elections to be held on ballot papers, accusing BJP of 'votebandi' after demonetization.
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The INDIA Alliance announced a nationwide protest movement, including district-level protests from October 2nd to October 8th, a march by opposition MPs to the Election Commission on October 6th, and a grand rally in New Delhi on November 1st, alongside demands for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
The meeting was attended by prominent opposition leaders including Congress President Mallikanjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Omar Abdullah, and several other party heads and representatives, while Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar joined via video conference.
Opposition leaders accused the Election Commission of alleged irregularities during the SIR campaign and demanded that every future election be conducted strictly using ballot papers rather than electronic systems.
