Rahul, other INDIA bloc leaders detained, Mahua faints, Akhilesh climbs barricades as chaos grips anti-Modi march over 'voter fraud'

The march, which started from Makar Dwar in Parliament at 11:30 am, was called by the anti-Modi front over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and alleged voter fraud.

Enroute the ECI office, the march was stopped midway with the leaders including Rahul Gandhi being detained.

Speaking to the reporters Rahul, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, said, "The truth about vote theft has come before the country. This fight is not political; it is a fight to save the Constitution. This is a fight for one person, one vote, so we need a clean voter list."

Priyanka held placards and shouted "Modi sarkar is a coward" and "stop vote stealing".

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose alleged women leaders were "pushed, shoved and dragged by their hair" by police.

"The way women MPs have been mistreated is the most shocking muscling of democracy by the Modi government and its police," said Sagarika.

Police said no permission was requested by the opposition bloc for the march.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "Our demand is that all opposition MPs collectively present a document to the Election Commission regarding vote theft. But we are not being allowed to march to the Election Commission; we have been stopped midway. This is the murder of democracy right in front of Parliament."

Rahul Gandhi served notice by ECI over voter fraud allegations

Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has sent a notice to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi asking him to provide physical evidence to back his voter fraud allegations.

In a press conference last week, Rahul alleged over a lakh votes were stolen with fake addresses, duplicate entries and bulk registrations of voters in a single address in the Mahadevapura constituency of Karnataka in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The CEO has categorically referred to Rahul's claim that one Shakun Rani, 70, had cast her vote twice in the elections as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) data.

Rahul last week gave a presentation to the media alleging how BJP had stolen votes in some constituencies to win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

"Narendra Modi is now the Prime Minister because of 25 Lok Sabha seats where votes were stolen," the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition said and added, "While majority of the seats are showing competitions, BJP is just sweeping some of the seats."

Following the allegations, the ECI asked Rahul to send the details of the voters whom he think were wrongly included or excluded along with a signed oath for each case.