SIR row: INDIA bloc MPs head to Jantar Mantar for sit-in
Guwahati, Oct. 7 -- Opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc on Wednesday headed to Jantar Mantar to stage a sit-in against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, reiterating their allegations of "vote chori" a day after an eight-hour protest seeking a meeting with the Election Commission.
The MPs gathered for a solidarity lunch hosted by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at a restaurant in Janpath before boarding buses for the designated protest site.
"We will protest at Jantar Mantar, which is a designated protest site, and tell the country that for us Gyanesh Kumar is not a legitimate Election Commissioner," Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi told reporters.
Gandhi said around 300 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs had so...
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