CNN Central News & Network-ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Delhi: Leaders of the INDIA bloc are scheduled to meet President Droupadi Murmu at 8 pm on Friday, October 9, to submit a representation regarding the functioning of the Election Commission of India under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The opposition delegation aims to raise concerns over alleged irregularities in the voter-list revision process.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby are among the senior leaders expected to participate. CPI general secretary D. Raja is also expected to be part of the delegation, which will include representatives from multiple opposition parties. <Cite refs={["turn892548news16","turn892548search11"]}/>
Ahead of the presidential meeting, INDIA bloc MPs are scheduled to gather at the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan at 5 pm to finalise the delegation and discuss their next steps. The meeting follows several days of opposition demonstrations in New Delhi demanding accountability from the Election Commission and the resignation of the CEC. <Cite refs={["turn892548news15","turn892548news16"]}/>
The opposition has alleged that the SIR exercise could exclude eligible voters from electoral rolls. The Election Commission has maintained that its procedures follow established legal and statutory requirements.
The meeting with the President marks the opposition’s latest effort to raise its concerns through constitutional channels amid an intensifying debate over electoral transparency and the functioning of the country’s election authority.
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