‘Will dig you out from ground, if needed’: Kharge warns CEC at INDIA bloc rally

At a rally in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge vowed to persist in opposing the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, until he resigned. Kharge warned that the opposition would "dig him out from the ground if needed". He alleged that Kumar was favoring the ruling BJP and manipulating votes on behalf of women, young people, and Dalits.

Kharge also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of attempting to sway votes and sow division within the country. He urged supporters to unite in their fight against alleged voter manipulation. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav joined in, accusing Kumar of acting as a "puppet of Modi" and likening the situation to the Mahabharata, stating the Opposition has been forced into battle against electoral fraud.

The INDIA bloc rally drew several prominent leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee, Hemant Soren, and Revanth Reddy. The opposition is protesting irregularities in electoral rolls and the Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, demanding a halt and Kumar's resignation, claiming the process has resulted in significant voter omissions.