Rahul Gandhi Urges Turnout for November 1 Delhi Rally

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged people to join an INDIA bloc march and rally in Delhi on November 1, promoting the planned gathering as a protest over alleged electoral-roll deletions and other irregularities. The event, titled “Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao,” is scheduled for Ramlila Maidan. In an October 25 post on X, Gandhi called on students, farmers, workers, women, young people and traders to attend. He alleged that names had been removed from voter lists and rules had been violated, and said the opposition would not remain silent. The supplied reporting does not establish those allegations as findings of wrongdoing. Gandhi also sarcastically thanked the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies for drawing attention to the rally through their criticism. He urged them to maintain the same level of publicity in the days before the event. Congress general secretary K. C. Venugopal described the march as the party’s biggest protest against what it calls “vote chori.” The planned demonstration is part of the INDIA bloc’s campaign against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and alleged irregularities involving Chief Election Commissioner...