Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and 10 other Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc leaders have approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleging large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the exercise.

The writ petition, filed on Monday, names the ECI, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi as respondents, news agency IANS reported.