The writ petition names the ECI, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi as respondents. The legal challenge comes amid an escalating confrontation between the Opposition and the poll body over the SIR exercise

Rahul Gandhi on October 12 alleged that the PMO, not Rashtrapati Bhavan, issued a denial over his remarks on the President's response to alleged poll irregularities. He also announced that INDIA bloc leaders would approach the Supreme Court over concerns about electoral fairness