India, Oct. 12 -- Several INDIA bloc leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in electoral roll revisions, media reports said.

The petition was filed following a march by INDIA bloc leaders and supporters in the national capital to protest alleged electoral irregularities linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The INDIA bloc had earlier sought an appointment with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, but the request was declined.

Speaking to the media, CJI Kant said he had communicated his inability to meet the Opposition leaders but declined to disclose...