INDIA bloc march: What happened on Parliament Street
Opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission headquarters on October 6 demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, and were stopped by police on Parliament Street.
The march started from Parliament and headed to Nirvachan Sadan.
Police stopped it between Akashvani Bhawan and the former Planning Commission building.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises.
Several leaders were detained.
The opposition plans a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1.
Delhi Traffic Police urged commuters to avoid unnecessary travel through the affected areas and to prefer the Metro.
Helpline numbers 1095 and 011-25844444 were issued for real-time assistance.
Police stopped the march on Parliament Street, between Akashvani Bhawan and the former Planning Commission building, according to ThePrint and Deccan Chronicle.
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises after getting past police barricades.
Congress MP Deepender Hooda also entered the premises, according to Deccan Chronicle.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien, CPI MP P. Sandosh Kumar and BJD MPs were among those who joined the march.
Several opposition leaders were detained, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was briefly placed on a bus before rejoining the protest, according to Deccan Chronicle.
ThePrint reported that the Gandhi siblings sat under a tree on the premises and said they would not leave until they were allowed to reach the Election Commission office.
Area DCP Sachin Sharma arrived with police personnel and asked the protesters to vacate the premises.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the opposition’s solidarity would be sustained, and announced a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1, according to Deccan Chronicle.
The reports available on October 6 did not include a response from Gyanesh Kumar or the Election Commission to the march.
The Special Intensive Revision is the process by which the Election Commission re-verifies electoral rolls state by state.
On October 5, the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modified Form 6 used in the revision, and asked the commission to produce records.
Sansad Bhavan, Delhi (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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