Video: INDIA bloc MPs march to Election Commission, demand CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation

MPs of the INDIA bloc marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission headquarters on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of irregularities in the revision of electoral rollsLeader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was among the opposition leaders who took part in the marchThe protest came a day after the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modified version of Form 6 the statutory application used for voter enrolment and indicated that it would examine the Election Commissions records to determine whether changes had been made and who had authorised themThe march began amid heavy security arrangements and barricading around Parliament and the Election Commission headquarters reported the PTISecurity personnel were deployed in the area well before the MPs began arrivingOpposition MPs questioned the scale of the security deployment and reiterated their demand for Kumars resignation citing the Supreme Courts observations regarding changes to Form 6Opposition targets Gyanesh KumarCongress MP Imran Masood accused the Chief Election Commissioner of damaging public confidence in the Election CommissionOne person has broken that trust Masood said alleging that a wider nexus was working together and that the opposition would question Kumar and seek answers from BJP chief ministers according to the PTILIVE Opposition MPs Protest March Against Vote Chori Parliament House to EC Office New Delhi httpstcogjBEWClaCAmdash Congress INCIndia October 6 2026The opposition has been campaigning against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision SIR of electoral rollsCPI MP P Sandosh Kumar said the Supreme Courts observations had strengthened the oppositions objections to the additional declaration attached to Form 6 during the SIR exerciseHe alleged that an Election Commission statement issued on September 26 had wrongly suggested that the Supreme Court had approved the entire process relating to Form 6 as per the PTIThe CPI leader also criticised the CEC and said opposition parties had been raising objections to the provisions since 2025Sanjay Raut questions security arrangementsShiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut questioned the heavy security deployment ahead of the march saying the MPs intended to proceed peacefullyWe are MPs We are members of Parliament We are also citizens of this country Why is there a need to deploy such a large force to stop us We will walk and go We are unarmed Raut said the news agency reportedRaut claimed that Border Security Force and CISF personnel had been deployed and that security outside ministers residences had also been increasedHe accused the CEC of misleading the public over the Supreme Courts position on Form 6 and said Kumar had no moral right to remain in officeThe march comes amid a wider opposition campaign over alleged irregularities in the electoralroll revision process and reports of differences within the threemember Election CommissionThe poll body has rejected suggestions of a split within the Commission and maintained that decisions relating to the SIR were taken unanimouslywith PTI inputs