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President Grants Time! Rahul and Mamata to Meet President Tonight
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News18•09-10-2026, 13:32
President Grants Time! Rahul and Mamata to Meet President Tonight
- •Around 300 opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee, have secured an appointment to meet President Droupadi Murmu on Friday night.
- •The opposition leaders are meeting the President to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over vote rigging allegations.
- •Despite getting the presidential appointment, the opposition INDIA bloc MPs will continue their protest march to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- •New Delhi has been turned into a fortress with heavy security deployment and Section 163 of the BNSS imposed across the city.
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The INDIA bloc leaders and Mamata Banerjee are meeting President Droupadi Murmu to demand the removal and resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged vote rigging and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
A ten-member delegation and roughly 300 opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Mamata Banerjee, are scheduled to meet President Droupadi Murmu at 8 PM on Friday.
Section 163 of the BNSS has been imposed across New Delhi, with over 70,000 Delhi Police personnel and 25,000 central paramilitary forces deployed. Additionally, the Delhi Police requested the DMRC to close 57 metro stations starting at 9 PM on Friday.
