India, Nov. 2 -- The sea of supporters that gathered at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan for the Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)'s protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar were the result of preparations that began days earlier. State units were assigned crowd targets for the Capital, accommodation was arranged for outstation workers, and office bearers were asked to coordinate and rehearse cultural performances.

An office bearer of the Telangana Congress unit said each of the pradesh-level leaders were asked to bring around 100 supporters from their respective constituencies to Delhi for the rally, as he explained the scale of the efforts that went into assembling participants from acro...