Delhi Police registered FIRs over the INDIA bloc march.
The march was on October 12.
Police cite no permission and broken barricades.
Reports differ on the number of cases.
Who is named is unconfirmed.
The Tribune says the Tilak Marg FIR relates to protesters who entered the Supreme Court premises and reportedly names INDIA bloc leaders, including Rahul Gandhi.
Business Today’s headline says the FIRs were registered against Rahul Gandhi, but its article does not say who is named, and NewsDrum says the identities of those named were not immediately available. Whether Rahul Gandhi is named is therefore unconfirmed.
The legal sections invoked were not specified in The Tribune and Business Today reports.
Police had imposed restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in the area, according to NewsDrum.
Thousands of INDIA bloc supporters marched from Connaught Place under heavy security, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, according to The Tribune.
A bus carrying Rahul Gandhi and other leaders halted at Mandi House, where Gandhi and others climbed onto its roof, according to the same report.
Police stopped the march at a barricade on Bhagwan Dass Marg, more than a kilometre from the Supreme Court, according to PTI reports.
Eleven opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court on October 12 against the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls, according to Open magazine.
The Supreme Court registry has flagged 14 defects in the petition, according to Open magazine and Business Today’s related headline.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on X that the fight against vote theft would continue, according to Business Today.
Rahul Gandhi asked the Chief Election Commissioner to resign. This is the Congress leader’s demand and not a finding.
The Bharatiya Janata Party called the march pure theatrics, according to Business Today, and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of relying on anti-national forces. These are statements by BJP leaders.
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