The opposition march ended as Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc filed a petition in the Supreme Court claiming that 1,300 voters were erased from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) list ahead of the 2024 elections.
The petition, signed by Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav, Saugata Roy, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Supriya Sule and Sanjay Raut, also lists CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby, IUML leader E T Mohammed Basheer and JMM MP Mahua Majhi as co‑petitioners.
SIR, an exhaustive audit of electoral rolls, allegedly revealed thousands of names removed without proper notice, triggering accusations of deliberate disenfranchisement by the Election Commission.
Chief Justice Surya Kant declined a meeting with the opposition but has said the petition filed by Monday evening will be heard on Tuesday, with a bench headed by him.
A farmer from Bihar, who discovered his name missing after the revisions, said he now fears for his right to vote.