Rahul Gandhi and 10 other INDIA bloc leaders on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls, seeking an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of the poll panel’s internal records and an interim suspension of the exercise, Live Law reported.
The petition was filed after the leaders’ request for a meeting with Chief Justice Surya Kant to submit a memorandum on the voter roll revision and the functioning of the Election Commission was declined.
Kant said that similar matters were already pending before the Supreme Court and that the leaders were free to approach the court through the judicial process.
Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and several Opposition leaders led a march towards the Supreme Court, joined by other INDIA bloc leaders, including former Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav. Student leaders such as All India Students’ Association chief Neha Bora also joined the protest.
The march came amid protests across the country demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
While Gandhi had planned to present the petition himself, it was filed through advocates as the Supreme Court Registry was nearing closing time, Live Law reported.
What the petition seeks
The petition seeks judicial scrutiny of the poll panel’s decision-making process and demands that records be presented to establish whether...