INDIA bloc MPs are travelling by bus reportedly to the Election Commission headquarters. They are likely to stage a protest wherever they are stopped. MPs may also head to Jantar Mantar; Congress workers have been asked to gather there, sources said.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge hosted party MPs and INDIA bloc allies to a meal at Sagar Ratna in Connaught Place.

INDIA bloc has sought an appointment with the President in alleged vote theft case. Opposition MPs may march from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan on October 9, according to sources.

A case has been registered against INDIA bloc MPs, including the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Congress' Priyanka Gandhi for alleged forced entry into Akashvani Bhawan during protest on Tuesday.

The Opposition will continue its protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the police action during the protest, stating that legally, women cannot be detained after sunset and questioning the police's authority to hold them.

लोकतंत्र के गद्दारो को बचाने के लिए बचे-खुचे लोकतंत्र को घसीटा गया है। हिसाब होगा - एक भी देशद्रोही बख्शा नहीं जाएगा। https://t.co/QbngN1p9y6

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 6, 2026

Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi released after being detained during protest against Gyanesh Kumar.

Reacting to Rahul Gandhi, Congress MPs' march, the Election Commission stated that no political party had requested time to meet the Commission until 4:00 PM today. The poll body added that it learned through media reports that certain MPs and delegations intended to meet officials during the protest.

Delhi Police was seen dragging Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi to a police van as authorities moved in to clear the protest site. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other senior Congress leaders were detained while protesting against Election Commission Chief Gyanesh Kumar near the poll body’s office.

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra detained by police from Akashvani Bhawan premises.

Several Congress leaders were seen being put inside a police bus near the protest site.

Police seen removing Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders from protest site near poll body office

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, and Left parties are set to stage a protest in Delhi tomorrow at 1 PM, according to party sources.

AAP will be participating in the ongoing street protest, with the joint march planned to proceed toward the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office at Kashmere Gate.

Delhi Police will not remove Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Akashvani Bhawan for the time being, sources said. Security arrangements have been stepped up across the area in view of the sit-in protest.

Police remain on high alert amidst the likelihood of the protest continuing through the night, though there are currently no plans to clear or remove the protesters overnight, sources added.

"If they don't want us to sit here, give us another place in Delhi. We will sit there comfortably and continue our protest. The Constitution of India allows people to protest," Rahul Gandhi said.

He added, "PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, they have destroyed the democracy...The MPs will meet the Election Commissioners; they will have to meet us...We all are very comfortable here...They have disrespected the voice of the nation by disrespecting the MPs; we just want to meet the Election Commissioners and ask questions and tell them that they have done vote theft..."

Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday backed the INDIA bloc MPs' protest march to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was “fighting for the cause of the people and the electorate of this country”.

While addressing the media on allegations of voter names being deleted, Chief Minister Shivakumar said BJP leaders should first certify that they had submitted the required forms and said anyone who feels their vote has been “snatched” has a duty to file a complaint.

Standing nearly 50 metres away from the Election Commission of India's office, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, questioned why protesters are not being allowed to meet Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

"More than 300 Opposition MPs marched from Parliament to the Election Commission today to meet the Election Commissioners. We represent crores of Indians. Why aren't the Election Commissioners meeting us? Why is the police stopping and threatening us?" asked the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi.

#WATCH | Delhi | Amid INDIA bloc MPs' protest against the CEC, LoP, Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi says, "Around 300 MPs wanted to meet the Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the two ECs, but we have been stopped here by the police. We are elected representatives, but we don't know why we have been stopped here. We can't understand the problem—when the Election Commission is merely 50 metres away. 300 Opposition MPs want to meet Gyanesh Kumar, but he is scared. What is happening in the country? What is the meaning of democracy if the Election Commission doesn't meet the elected representatives?... "We are not only countering them (BJP); we will destroy them. I have no interest in what the BJP says. I am standing here to save democracy in India. Along with me, 300 MPs, who also want to save democracy, had come here. Amit Shah, Narendra Modi, Mohan Bhagwat, and Gyanesh Kumar have destroyed democracy in the country. The whole country agrees with this. The youth of the nation understand and agree with it. Even the police personnel agree with it. Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Mohan Bhagwat have hijacked the nation through 'vote chori', and Gyanesh Kumar has helped them. Action will be taken against all of them. What has been done to our country is called treason; nobody is going to escape."

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

More than 300 Opposition MPs marched from Parliament to the Election Commission today to meet the Election Commissioners. We represent crores of Indians. - Why aren't the Election Commissioners meeting us? - Why is the police stopping and threatening us? https://t.co/tlIck8WoZX

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 6, 2026

Rahul Gandhi-led INDIA bloc MPs sit metres away from Election Commission of India's office, stage sit-in protest.

Amid INDIA bloc MPs protest, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sit inside Akashvani Bhawan premises.

#WATCH | Delhi | Amid INDIA bloc MPs protest, LoP, Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sit inside Akashvani Bhavan premises https://t.co/WoGSY9NFGs

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

During INDIA bloc protest, Congress MP Jothimani said the Opposition we will "face lathis, bullets", but will ensure that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar goes.

"We want the CEC Gynaesh Kumar to go. He has destroyed the electoral process and democracy," she said.

#WATCH | During INDIA bloc protest, Congress MP Jothimani says, "We will face lathis, bullets, but we will ensure that this Election Commissioner goes...We want the CEC Gynaesh Kumar to go. He has destroyed the electoral process and democracy." https://t.co/N8svKzhKuG

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have been let go minutes after being detained during INDIA bloc's protest demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

Gandhi siblings are now in the Akashwani Bhavan and are trying to make their way to the Nirvachan Bhavan, the Election Commission of India's (ECI) building.

On INDIA Bloc MP's protest march, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant listed three demands:

• We want Gyanesh Kumar to be removed;
• Elections to be held on ballot papers;
• All the people whose names were struck off in the SIR here should be reinstated.

#WATCH | Delhi | On INDIA Bloc MP's protest march, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant says, "We want Gyanesh Kumar to be removed, elections to be held on ballot papers, and thirdly, all the people whose names were struck off in the SIR here should be reinstated." https://t.co/WyRxxcj7Ge

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained from INDIA bloc protest demanding resignation of poll body chief Gyanesh Kumar.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stood on top of a barricade outside the Election Commission office as INDIA bloc protests against poll body chief Gyanesh Kumar.

#WATCH | Delhi | LoP, Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi waves the National Flag as he climbs atop a police barrier during INDIA bloc protest against the Election Commission of India https://t.co/7ycJvlKOyG

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

"We are fighting against the injustice... The government is trying to eliminate the adult franchise we got after independence and the CEC is a puppet of the government," said Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge on INDIA bloc protest.

Gyanesh, it’s done, bro. Time to resign. #IndiaAllianceMarch https://t.co/9ZB6aJfakl

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 6, 2026

Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan described INDIA bloc's protest demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as a way to vent our one's frustration following defeat.

"They are not taking out a march. They are venting their frustration over their defeat," Chouhan said.

"f you lose, vent your frustration. Make allegations. Defame constitutional institutions. But think about this, friends in the Opposition: the very system you are questioning is the same system under which you won in Keralam. Was that victory illegal? You won in Karnataka as well. Was that victory illegal? You won in Himachal Pradesh. Was that victory illegal? Opposition governments were formed in Punjab and Jharkhand. Were those victories illegal?" Chouhan raised questions.

Chouhan said "accepting defeat is a fundamental spirit of democracy" and urged INDIA bloc to not insult democracy.

"Do not defame democratic institutions," he added. 

Samajwadi Party MPs, who are a part of the INDIA bloc MPs' protest, climb on the Delhi Police barriers near the office of NITI Aayog, en route to the office of the Election Commission of India.

#WATCH | Delhi | Samajwadi Party MPs, who are a part of the INDIA bloc MPs' protest, climb on the Delhi Police barriers near the office of NITI Aayog, en route to the office of the Election Commission of India https://t.co/cCkopTvIIR

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

On INDIA bloc MPs' protest march to the Election Commission, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan says, "Ganesh ji doesn't help in wrong things. We begin prayers with offering prayers to Ganesh. He will protect us."

#WATCH | Delhi | On INDIA bloc MPs' protest march to the Election Commission, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan says, "Ganesh ji doesn't help in wrong things. We begin prayers with offering prayers to Ganesh; He will protect us." https://t.co/l1VWoeuOgW

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026

INDIA bloc MPs are less than a kilometre away from Nirvachan Sadan, the Election Commission headquarters in the national capital. The MPs are sitting on a dharna near the Akashvani Bhawan.

INDIA bloc has called for a return to the ballot votes, rejecting the EVMs or Electronic Voting Machines in the light of recent reports about the internal workings of the Election Commission.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, speaking at the INDIA bloc meet last week on September 30, listed out five demands: pre-SIR rolls to be used for future elections, an effective appeal mechanism before a voter is removed from poll rolls, protection of eligible voters from exlusion caused by administrative failures, voting through ballots, simple and accessible voter registration for first-time voters.

Several INDIA bloc MPs sit on dharna at Parliament Street after their march prevented from proceeding to Election Commission headquarters.

As the principal Opposition party, the Congress has prepared a roadmap leading up to the Winter Session of Parliament to keep this issue alive in the public eye.

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has sat down on dharna after being stopped at the Akashvani Bhawan. He, along with other Opposition MPs, was marching towards the poll body's office.

The Opposition MPs have crossed Transport Bhawan and are marching towards Nirvachan Sadan -- the Election Commission headquarters in the Capital -- demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The Opposition MPs from the INDIA bloc are marching from Parliament to Nirvachan Sadan -- the Election Commission headquarters in the Capital.

#WATCH | Delhi | LoP, Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, along with INDIA bloc MPs, marches to the Election Commission of India https://t.co/OwLWdXvhoo

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026