Rahul Gandhi has intensified his protest against the CEC

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cut through a large crowd of protesters this morning and made his way towards the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) building, while behind him a sea of people shouted slogans against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar to demand his resignation.

Rahul Gandhi, stopped by several layers of police barricades, suddenly climbed on one of them and waved a large national flag. That drew loud slogans of support from leaders and workers of the Opposition bloc INDIA who turned out in large numbers to demand the resignation of the CEC over alleged irregularities in the voter roll cleanup exercise Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

Along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, he was briefly detained and taken on a police bus. The siblings were seen stepping out of the bus some time later. UPDATED ON 6TH OCT 2026)