Tag: Rahul Gandhi

A public hearing in Delhi’s Trilokpuri heard testimonies from voters deleted during SIR, as an MKSS-led audit flagged 416 alleged wrongful deletions. Rahul Gandhi, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav attended the hearing, where residents raised concerns over voter exclusion and demolitions.

The Congress has defended calls for regime change through elections as its confrontation with the BJP intensifies over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. With P. Chidambaram and Pawan Khera challenging the BJP’s criticism, separate Supreme Court proceedings have brought electoral transparency, voter deletions and the limits of political protest into sharper focus.

Rahul Gandhi led the INDIA bloc’s anti-SIR campaign for two consecutive days, from a march towards the Supreme Court to a high-tea strategy meeting. The Opposition seeks an early hearing on its petition and demands greater transparency in voter-list revisions.

Months after Abdul Rahim was allegedly detained in Uttar Dinajpur, his family heard his voice from Bangladesh. Two phone calls brought relief that he was alive, but also raised a frightening question: how did a man taken into custody in Bengal cross the border?

Rahul Gandhi’s confrontation with the Election Commission over SIR has moved from Parliament to the streets. As Congress expands its protests over alleged voter deletions, the BJP challenges its claims, turning the electoral-roll dispute into a wider battle over institutional credibility and democracy

India’s youth have always questioned power, from the student movements of the 1970s to the Anna movement. Today, programmes in Ujjain and Indore raise a new question: is young India seeking cultural identity, political recognition or something more basic — the right to shape its future?