Opposition marches to the Supreme Court and files a petition to pause the voter-roll revision; Congress claims 2.5 lakh took part
The INDIA bloc held a march through central Delhi to the Supreme Court on Monday and filed a petition against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and AISA president Neha Bora led it and lawyers joined (Hindustan Times). Congress says 2.5 lakh people took part in the four-hour march, and The Hindu reports heavy police deployment but little interruption. Hindustan Times says the petition lists 10 requests, including a pause in the SIR and an independent audit of voter deletions, and accuses Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of unilateral and arbitrary use of the Commission's collective powers. The Hindu says Gandhi asks for an independent panel and for the Election Commission's records and official notings; Mint calls the filing a PIL. NDTV reports that the Court flagged 14 defects and a ₹220 shortfall. Chief Justice Surya Kant declined a meeting with the leaders and said, in open court, that protests must take place but the Court must not be dragged into them (The Hindu).
The dispute is about who may check a revision that decides who can vote. The petition moves it from the street to a court that has so far kept its distance, and the Court's answer will set how far the revision can be challenged.
If you live in Delhi, protest days can mean metro closures and traffic curbs. If your name is on an electoral roll under revision, check it on the Election Commission's portal and keep your documents ready; the petition does not stop the SIR yet.
The opposition says deletions from the rolls were sudden and unexplained, and that only an independent audit can restore trust.
The BJP says the Commission is doing a routine clean-up, and that taking political fights to the Supreme Court drags a constitutional body into theatre (The Hindu).
The march made noise; the petition decides substance. Watch whether the defects are cured, whether the Court lists the case this week, and whether it asks the Commission for its records. The turnout figure is Congress's own and should not be repeated as fact.
DailyDrop India edition No. 9 · Morning · TUE., OCT. 13, 2026