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Delhi Police Detain MPs Over Election Commissioner Resignation Demand

By Drooid · Oct 6, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Delhi police detained lawmakers breaching barricades during a march demanding Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Opposition parties said 237 MPs participated in the march on Oct 6, 2026.
Supreme Court will hear petitions alleging bias in the Election Commission’s voter-list revision and chief’s conduct.
Special Intensive Revision removed over 130 million names from draft voter lists nationwide.
Two election commissioners objected 14 times to decisions issued in the commission’s name without their knowledge.

History

Historical Context

The Election Commission of India started a voter-list clean-up with the National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme on 3 March 2015, linking EPICs to Aadhaar. In 2025-26 it began a Special Intensive Revision, deleting about 4.7 million (?5 %) names in Bihar and receiving Supreme Court endorsement in May 2026. The Oct 6 2026 Delhi march against CEC Gyanesh Kumar echoes these roll-purge tensions.

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Story summary

Delhi police detained lawmakers breaching barricades during a march demanding Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Opposition parties said 237 MPs participated in the march on Oct 6, 2026.
Supreme Court will hear petitions alleging bias in the Election Commission’s voter-list revision and chief’s conduct.
Special Intensive Revision removed over 130 million names from draft voter lists nationwide.
Two election commissioners objected 14 times to decisions issued in the commission’s name without their knowledge.

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