Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:36am on 30 Sep 2026,Wednesday Politics
The INDIA bloc on Wednesday announced a week-long nationwide ‘Save Democracy’ campaign from October 2 to 8 over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said protests would be held at district headquarters, while Opposition MPs would march to the Election Commission on October 6. The bloc also plans to meet President Droupadi Murmu in October to raise its concerns. Mamata Banerjee demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing the poll body of electoral irregularities. Rahul Gandhi said Opposition parties would jointly defend the Constitution and continue their campaign against alleged vote theft. (PC: X)
