Delhi Police registered FIRs over the INDIA bloc’s October 12, 2026 march towards the Supreme Court, citing the lack of permission and alleged breaking of barricades, according to reports published on October 13.
The Tribune and Business Today report two FIRs, while The Statesman reports four cases, and whether Rahul Gandhi is named is confirmed by only one report.
The sections invoked were not specified, and an FIR is not a finding of guilt.
The BJP called the march theatrics, and Congress said the fight against vote theft would continue.
The legal sections invoked were not specified in The Tribune and Business Today reports.
Police had imposed restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in the area, according to NewsDrum.
Thousands of INDIA bloc supporters marched from Connaught Place under heavy security, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, according to The Tribune.
A bus carrying Rahul Gandhi and other leaders halted at Mandi House, where Gandhi and others climbed onto its roof, according to the same report.
Police stopped the march at a barricade on Bhagwan Dass Marg, more than a kilometre from the Supreme Court, according to PTI reports.
Eleven opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court on October 12 against the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls, according to Open magazine.
The Supreme Court registry has flagged 14 defects in the petition, according to Open magazine and Business Today’s related headline.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on X that the fight against vote theft would continue, according to Business Today.
Rahul Gandhi asked the Chief Election Commissioner to resign. This is the Congress leader’s demand and not a finding.
The Bharatiya Janata Party called the march pure theatrics, according to Business Today, and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of relying on anti-national forces. These are statements by BJP leaders.
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