Guwahati, Oct. 12 -- Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging alleged large-scale deletions from electoral rolls and irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.

The move comes a day after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant declined a request from Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for a meeting to discuss the alleged electoral irregularities, the SIR exercise and demands for action against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

In an email response sent on Sunday, the CJI's office said the matter was already pending before the court and advised the Congress leaders to approach it throug...