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Why did Rahul Gandhi’s march to the Election Commission end?

The INDIA bloc’s march to meet CEC Gyanesh Kumar was stopped by police, triggering detentions and a standoff at Akashvani Bhavan. Why was the Opposition denied access to the Election Commission?

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Why did Rahul Gandhi’s march to the Election Commission end?

The INDIA bloc’s planned march to the Election Commission on October 6 was meant to put Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar directly in the line of Opposition questioning. Instead, the march was stopped by police barely a few hundred metres from the poll panel’s headquarters, triggering detentions, a roadside sit-in and an unexpected standoff inside Akashvani Bhavan.

The immediate demand was Kumar’s resignation over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, including the controv...

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