New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The INDIA bloc on Monday took its campaign against alleged electoral manipulation to the Supreme Court, with Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders filing a writ petition seeking an independent investigation into alleged irregularities in electoral rolls, suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and a return to paper ballots.
The legal challenge followed a march led by Rahul Gandhi through the heavily barricaded streets of central Delhi towards the Supreme Court, as Opposition parties stepped up their demand for the resignation and removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The petition, titled "Rahul Gandhi vs Election Commission of India", w...