Protests will continue until CEC Gyanesh Kumar resigns, says Rahul Gandhi
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc members were detained by Delhi Police while protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protesters are demanding Kumar's resignation over allegations of electoral fraud.
Why it matters
This highlights escalating political tensions in India regarding the integrity of the electoral process and the role of the Election Commission.
The protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will not stop until he resigns over alleged vote c hori (theft), Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), after the Delhi Police detained him and other Opposition leaders for the second day in a row while on their way to Jantar Mantar for a dharna.
Mr. Gandhi, who has stressed a “politics of resistance”, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Opposition leaders staged an impromptu dharna at a roundabout barely a couple of hundred metres from Jantar Mantar, a designated protest site in central Delhi.
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