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Indian opposition rally demands election chief’s resignation

Leaders of India’s opposition INDIA alliance gathered at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on 1 November 2026 to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. They denounced alleged irregularities in the intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav were among the speakers. According to the Indian Express’s reporting, party supporters, young people and students joined the mobilisation, preceded by a march from the Minto Road and Connaught Place area.

The leaders accused the ruling BJP of benefiting from electoral manipulation. Those statements do not establish fraud. The BJP, meanwhile, questioned the turnout by pointing to empty chairs, according to ANI. The selected sources provide neither an independent crowd count nor a judicial finding resolving these allegations.

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