New Delhi. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of Rahul Gandhi against the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In this petition, he has raised questions on the functioning of the Election Commission and alleged that names of voters were removed from the voter list on a large scale through the SIR process. Along with this, serious allegations have also been made against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in the petition and a demand has been made to intervene from the apex court on the issue of alleged vote theft. In this petition, the issue of restrictions imposed on peaceful protests has also been raised.
The petition has signatures of 11 leaders of various parties of the India alliance, including Congress national Mallikarjun Kharge, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, TMC leader Saugata Roy, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule, CPIM general secretary MA Baby, CPI leader D. Raja, JMM MP Mahua Majhi and ET Mohammad Shabir. Rahul Gandhi was to reach the Supreme Court by 4.30 pm, however, if he could not reach the scheduled time, his lawyer S. Prasanna filed a petition.
#WATCH | Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs, including Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, hold protest march The alliance has called a march to the Supreme Court today. They have also announced that they would file a petition before the apex court in connection with CEC Gyanesh Kumar matter and their allegations with respect to the SIR process.
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On the other hand, Rahul Gandhi is taking out a protest march till the Supreme Court. In this march, many leaders including INDI block leaders, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and a large number of supporters were present with him. Rahul Gandhi's sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi also participated in the march. Let us tell you that Rahul Gandhi had earlier sought an appointment with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the issue of Election Commission. CJI Surya Kant refused to meet the opposition leaders and asked them to come to the court through a petition. Rahul and leaders of the Indi alliance had also met President Draupadi Murmu last week.