Shimla, Oct. 25 -- Stepping up the protest against the alleged "vote theft", the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) have come together in Himachal Pradesh, ahead the major rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on November 1, targeting the participation of 20,000 people from the state and alleging that the Election Commission's actions were undermining democracy and citizens' voting rights.

Addressing a joint press conference in Shimla, Congress and Left leaders said the Delhi rally was expected to draw around 10 lakh people from across the country. They appealed to people in Himachal Pradesh to join the mobilisation, saying opposition parties had united to defend the Constitution and electoral rights.

The leaders ...