Published Oct 12, 2026 | 8:39 AM ⚊ Updated Oct 12, 2026 | 8:43 AM
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi holds the tricolour while standing up to a police barricade. (Credit: INC)
The Congress will hold its ‘Chalo Delhi’ march at the Connaught Place–Barakhamba Road junction in New Delhi at 1.30 pm on Monday, 12 October, to continue its demand for the sacking of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal had earlier directed its MPs, MLAs, MLCs, district and city district Congress committee presidents, Pradesh Congress Committee office-bearers and senior leaders to reach the national capital by Monday morning “without fail”.
Congress workers began arriving at the party headquarters at 24 Akbar Road on Sunday night.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has ordered the closure of entry and exit at six stations on Monday, citing “security reasons”. The restrictions will remain in force from 6 am to 4 pm at Patel Chowk, Janpath, Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House, Central Secretariat and Barakhamba Road.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday declined a request from Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for a meeting on Monday.
