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Shah calls INDIA rally a 'save infiltrators' march, dares Congress to debate SIR in Parliament
Addressing a BJP padayatra in Hyderabad in support of the SIR, Home Minister Amit Shah called the INDIA bloc's Delhi rally a 'save infiltrators' rally. He rejected the charge that 13 crore voters had been removed, saying six crore had changed address and three crore were dead. He challenged the Congress to a Parliament debate on SIR and EVMs.
Rahul Gandhi dares PM Modi to an open debate: 'You became PM with foreign help'
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an open debate, alleging that Modi became and remains Prime Minister with "foreign help". The exchange follows Modi's Rashtriya Ekta Diwas speech in Gujarat, where he called the Opposition an "obstructionist bloc" rather than an opposing one.
Rain pushes the 'impeachment' back by a day; the march to Ramlila Maidan stays on for November 1
The INDIA bloc's symbolic "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, set for Friday afternoon at Mallikarjun Kharge's Delhi residence, was moved to Saturday, October 31, after rain left the lawns muddy. Rahul Gandhi announced the shift at a joint press conference, saying senior leaders would be uncomfortable sitting in the rain. The Chalo Dilli march and the Ramlila Maidan rally on November 1 go ahead as planned.
64.5 lakh voters missing from Karnataka's rolls — and most of them are young
Around 64.5 lakh electors are potentially missing from Karnataka's final electoral rolls released after the Special Intensive Revision, according to an estimate based on an elector-to-population ratio of 66.11. Most of those missing are young voters. The Cockroach Janta Party has backed the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against the exercise.
CEC 'public impeachment' moves to Kharge's lawn, with Meira Kumar in the chair
The INDIA bloc will hold its symbolic 'public impeachment' of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's 10 Rajaji Marg residence, after being denied permission at the Ashok Hotel and Ramlila Maidan. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will preside, Kharge will move the motion and Rahul Gandhi will close.
A thank-you note from Rahul Gandhi, and a November 1 date for the opposition rally
The Congress leader sarcastically thanked the BJP and its allies for promoting the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against 'vote chori'. The Congress also accused the Election Commission of withholding information on the ECINET software.
CJP leaders walk free after seven days; INDIA bloc to huddle on 'vote chori' today
Cockroach Janta Party co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were released from Tihar Jail after seven days in custody, after promising not to call protests at Jantar Mantar. The Crime Branch has summoned them for questioning. The INDIA bloc meets today on the 'vote chori' campaign.
Shinde at Goregaon: I don't just give bhashan, I give ration
Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde told his Goregaon Dussehra rally that his party gives ration, not just speeches, dismissed the opposition's regime-change talk, and called the INDIA bloc a ten-headed Ravan.
Congress CWC demands PM Modi and Amit Shah resign over 'vote chori', as Kharge prepares to meet PM
The Congress Working Committee demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah resign on moral grounds over the alleged 'vote chori' in the SIR of electoral rolls, and repeated its call for the CEC's resignation. AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge said he would raise the issue with the PM on October 21.
CM meets the Opposition, Ibobi asks who has the moral authority: Manipur's killings force a sit-down
After three civilians were killed in Kangpokpi district, Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh met INDIA bloc leaders. Former chief minister and state Congress president Okram Ibobi Singh questioned the BJP-led government's moral authority to stay in office.
INDIA bloc doors: Congress cold to YSRCP, Mamata wants a wider tent
The Congress has ruled out the YSR Congress Party's entry into the INDIA bloc, citing its past support for the BJP, even as the CPI(M) welcomed Jagan Mohan Reddy's stand on electoral issues and the Trinamool Congress said the alliance should be widened to include more parties.
Shutdown enters day 2 as fresh violence kills one, torches houses
The 48-hour shutdown over the Sunurok killings entered a second day. Fresh violence killed a Kuki man in Kangpokpi and torched about six houses in Ukhrul.