“There are no parallel protests, but only one movement to restore democracy,” the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday (October 13, 2026), as he hosted Opposition politicians, civil society activists, and student leaders for tea to discuss the future course of the agitation demanding the suspension of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Parties belonging to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will coordinate every day among each other for joint action. Because of the Navratri and Durga Puja festivities, the agitation will continue, with Delhi remaining the main focus, sources said it was decided at the meeting that though there may be breaks in large-scale protest actions.
Baby (CPI-M), D. Raja and P. Sandosh Kumar (CPI), Tejashwi Yadav and Manoj Jha (RJD), Mahua Maji (JMM), Harender Malik, Anand Bhadauria, and Mohibullah Nadvi (SP), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena-UBT), Sagarika Ghose and Mahua Moitra (TMC), G. Deverajan (Foward Bloc), and Dipankar Bhattacharya (CPI-ML). AISA chief Neha Bora and advocate Prashant Bhushan also attended the tea party at Mr. Gandhi’s No. Top Congress leaders, including party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and K.C. Venugopal, were also present. Mr. Several leaders objected to the government denotifying the designated protest site at Jantar Mantar and vowed to reclaim it. “The one method of expression of democracy was Jantar Mantar, and now, the government has decided that Jantar Mantar can no longer be used to express democratic feelings. Well, we are going to challenge that idea,” Mr. Mr. The Sena (UBT) leader added: “Gyanesh Kumar is a mafia, he is such a mafia who has criminalised the entire [electoral] system. We know how to fight and deal with such mafias. Gandhi and Kharge, TMC MP Saugata Roy, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) leader Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut, Communist Party of India’s D. Raja, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Mahua Majhi, CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby and Indian Union Muslim League leader E.T. Mohammed Basheer are co-petitioners in the plea filed by the Congress leader.
Opposition leaders from 16 parties attended, including M.A. 5, Sunehri Bagh Road residence. Earlier reporting noted: CEC-SIR issue: Rahul Gandhi’s plea not listed for hearing in Supreme Court as defects yet to be cured The petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 10 prominent opposition leaders following a massive march on October 12 was not listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 13) as defects pointed out by the registry are yet to be cured. Earlier reporting noted: As per the Supreme Court’s website, the apex court registry had flagged 14 defects, including lack of a clear copy of the ID card of Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, a co-petitioner in the case.
Gandhi said that people who “destroy India’s Constitution and the election system” could not be allowed to get away with it, vowing that action will be taken against those who have indulged in alleged “vote chori (theft)”. Gandhi said. Raut said the government had kept the country in “fear and intimidation, but now it’s their turn to be afraid”.
Earlier reporting noted: Besides Mr.
“It is our commitment that the people who have done this — [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi, who is the main architect, [Home Minister] Amit Shah, who is implementor, [CEC] Gyanesh Kumar and others — they need to understand that the net is closing around them… We assure you that all would be brought to justice,” the Opposition leader asserted.
