INDIA Bloc Leaders Petition Supreme Court Against Election Commission

The legal challenge names Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar alongside Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi as respondents. While the specific legal grounds of the plea remain under seal, the move follows a large-scale protest march involving prominent figures, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Tejashwi Yadav, and several regional chief ministers. Demonstrators faced heavy police barricades and transit disruptions, which organizers framed as an attempt to stifle public dissent.

Opposition leaders sharply criticized the Commission’s recent performance, citing the mass removal of voters from electoral rolls as evidence of compromised neutrality. D Raja of the CPI explicitly called for the resignation of the leadership, asserting that the body has lost its constitutional credibility. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal described the court filing as merely the opening phase of a sustained campaign, while Akhilesh Yadav emphasized that the bloc remains optimistic about securing judicial intervention to address their grievances.