India, Nov. 1 -- Nearly 10,000 police and paramilitary personnel will guard central Delhi on Sunday as the Opposition INDIA bloc marches from the edge of Connaught Place to Ramlila Maidan for its largest show of strength yet against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, a march for which, senior police officers said, no permission was sought or granted.

The police say they will facilitate the march, which Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi announced on Instagram on Friday, but the two sides are preparing for very different crowds. Opposition parties claim nearly one million people will come from across the country, while the police have planned for about 50,000, the capacity of the ground, and say any overf...