India Opposition Marches to Supreme Court Over Voter Rolls

Opposition leaders led by Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge marched toward India’s Supreme Court on October 12, 2026, protesting electoral-roll revisions and seeking to submit a petition challenging alleged voter deletions. The demonstration brought together supporters and leaders from several opposition parties amid heavy police deployment and barricades in central Delhi. The march followed a request by Gandhi and Congress leaders for a meeting with Chief Justice Surya Kant. According to a Congress source, the chief justice declined the meeting and said the issue should be pursued through judicial proceedings because related matters were already before the court. The opposition subsequently filed a joint petition challenging alleged irregularities in the revision, according to one account. At Bhagwan Dass Road, police stopped the procession, and some leaders climbed onto a vehicle as marchers crossed barricades and continued forward, according to on-scene reporting. Participants included Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and leaders from other INDIA bloc parties.