On September 30, Congress and allied opposition parties convened a joint session to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing concerns over recent EC decisions.
The call follows a petition in the Supreme Court that seeks to annul all EC decisions made without a majority, and a Delhi police complaint demanding a criminal case against the commissioner.
In a rare show of unity, leaders from Trinamool, CPM, DMK, AAP, BRS, and BJD have agreed to coordinate a nationwide agitation; Mamata Banerjee personally urged the CPM to join after a letter from its general secretary.
A farmer in West Bengal, whose name was removed during the latest SIR exercise, said the changes have left him unable to vote in the upcoming elections.
The INDIA bloc will meet next week to formalise the protest plan, potentially file criminal cases across the country, and demand that the 2029 Lok Sabha elections use the existing voter rolls.