Punjab, Oct. 13 -- Thousands marched from Connaught Place towards the Supreme Court on Monday behind Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, in what the INDIA bloc called a March for Democracy. The Chief Justice declined to receive their memorandum and told them to file a petition instead. They did.
The march
Traffic around Mandi House and Barakhamba Road came to a near-standstill. More than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel were deployed across the capital, and six Metro stations were closed until 4pm - two days after the Supreme Court had told authorities not to shut transport.
KC Venugopal called it the "biggest andolan" against the poll body and said Narendra Modi and Amit Shah were using the Chief Election Commissioner "as their tool to d...