Rahul’s message to leaders and activists during detention

On Monday (August 11), the opposition parties of the country are organizing a program to surround the National Election Commission office in Delhi over allegations of Special Intensified Rectification (SIR) in the voter list in India. During the program, Delhi Police detained several leaders, including the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. According to the BBC, during the detention, Rahul Gandhi told the leaders and activists present there and the public, “This is a fight to save the constitution.” Along with this, this leader also demanded the publication of a clean voter list. Rahul Gandhi said, “We cannot talk, that is the truth. This fight is not political. This is a fight to save the constitution. One person, one vote fight. So we want a clean voter list.” Earlier, the members of the opposition alliance ‘India’ bloc were marching from the parliament towards the Election Commission office. On the way, they marched in front of the Paribahan Bhavan. Delhi Police said that permission was not taken in advance for this march. Police stopped them by putting up barricades near the Paribahan Bhavan. Opposition MPs stood there and kept raising slogans. At that time, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and some others were detained. Meanwhile, regarding the detention, Delhi Police said that they were detained due to the large number of opposition MPs at the spot. New Delhi Police DCP Devesh Kumar said that the Election Commission had allowed about 30 MPs to hold the meeting. However, they were detained due to the large number of MPs. According to Indian media reports, opposition parties held a program to surround the National Election Commission office in Delhi on Monday over allegations related to SIR in the voter list. It has been alleged that 65 lakh names were omitted from the voter list of Bihar due to SIR. Bihar elections are due by the end of this year. Opposition parties said that they will continue the agitation until the process of revising the electoral list of Bihar is canceled. They demand that the Election Commission (EC) update the voter list impartially and publish all information.