Opposition strategy: INDIA bloc virtual meet called to address CEC row, upcoming session
Opposition leaders will also assess preparations for their planned Delhi rally on November 1 amid heightened political friction and counter-allegations from the BJP
A virtual meeting of the INDIA bloc is scheduled to discuss opposition strategies regarding the Chief Election Commissioner controversy, upcoming Delhi protests, and potential parliamentary sessions, while the BJP accuses Congress of foreign-backed conspiracies.
A virtual meeting of the INDIA bloc is scheduled to discuss opposition strategies regarding the Chief Election Commissioner controversy, upcoming Delhi protests, and potential parliamentary sessions, while the BJP accuses Congress of foreign-backed conspiracies.
A virtual meeting of the INDIA bloc is scheduled to discuss opposition strategies regarding the Chief Election Commissioner controversy, upcoming Delhi protests, and potential parliamentary sessions, while the BJP accuses Congress of foreign-backed conspiracies.
A virtual meeting of the INDIA bloc will be held on Thursday evening, which is expected to discuss the opposition strategy over the controversy involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The meeting will be chaired by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
The agenda of the meeting will include deliberating the roadmap for protests over the "vote chori" issue and reviewing the preparations for the INDIA bloc's rally in Delhi on November 1, according to reports.
This meeting is significant because it comes at a time when there are talks that the government may convene a session of Parliament to expedite the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act and introduce a Constitutional Amendment Bill related to delimitation.
The last meeting of the INDIA bloc was at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence, where he hosted a tea meeting. After the meeting, the opposition bloc vowed to continue resisting and take the "vote chori" fight to its logical conclusion.
Last week, the protests over the "vote theft" charge reached the Supreme Court's doorstep when opposition stalwarts, joined by activists and civil society members, took part in a "March for Democracy" along a heavily barricaded route and filed a joint petition against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging poll irregularities.
Meanwhile, the BJP has accused the Congress party of conspiring with foreign organisations to spread anarchy and orchestrate a change of government in India. Citing an investigative report that appeared in US-based Fox Digital News, party spokesperson Pradip Bhandari questioned the April 28, 2025, meeting of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi with representatives of the Progressive International (PI). This meeting took place at 10 Janpath in New Delhi. He demanded answers from the Congress party, citing alleged similar messaging strategies between protests in France, Albania, and India.
The investigative report, titled Global Chaos Inc. grows to 101 groups, details how the communist organisation 'Progressive International' (PI) was coordinating a similar messaging strategy between protests in France, Albania, and India. The objective of this messaging strategy was: "gaining organised power through a new uprising" — that is, regime change!