• September 30, 2026 12:30
  We should demand voting by ballot instead of EVMs: Kharge

• September 30, 2026 12:30
  We should demand pre-SIR electoral roll be used for future elections: Kharge

• September 30, 2026 12:25
  Shocking that 13.3 crore voters were blatantly removed from the voter list: Kharge

  Talking at the INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday (September 30) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that it is shocking that 13.3 crore voters were blatantly removed from the voter list, “their power to take part in democracy was snatched”.

  “Across the country, citizens and political parties are raising grave concerns about the EC’s functioning,” said Mallikarjun Kharge at an INDIA bloc meeting. Mr.Kharge said.

  “We demanded answers on EVMs and raised questions about voter-list manipulation,” he further added. 

  -PTI

• September 30, 2026 11:35
  INDIA bloc meets; joint agitation amid SIR row, impeachment notice against CEC on agenda

  Top leaders of the INDIA bloc met in New Delhi on Wednesday (September 30) to finalise an action plan for a joint agitation over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise and to press for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.

  Sources said the draft notice for a fresh bid to move a motion in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha for the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was ready and would be deliberated upon for approval at the meeting.

  Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K.C. Venugopal, the TMC’s Mamata Banerjee, and leaders from parties such as the SP, CPI, CPI(M), NCP(SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), among others, were present at the meeting.

  – PTI

• September 30, 2026 11:19
  At the CWC meeting, Rahul says Modi told him: ‘When we go, you will come'

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a closed-door meeting with Rahul Gandhi in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, told him that the Congress would return to power once the Bharatiya Janata Party was out of power, Mr. Gandhi told his colleagues at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Tuesday.

  At CWC meet, Rahul says Modi told him: ‘When we go, you will come'

  Rahul Gandhi claims Modi said only Congress can defeat BJP, urges stronger push on the alleged vote-chori campaign and confidence.

• September 30, 2026 11:18
  ECI reverts to allowing Form 6 submission without attached declaration in non-SIR States

  In States where the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is not currently underway, the Election Commission (EC) has reverted to allowing online submission of Form 6, used for fresh voter registration, without requiring the attached declaration introduced for the SIR.

  EC reverts to allowing Form 6 submission without attached declaration in non-SIR States

  EC reverts online Form 6 submissions to omit the SIR-only declaration, clarifying scope and IT changes across states.

• September 30, 2026 11:17
  Ahead of INDIA meet, hoardings target Oppn leaders; BJP questions Rahul's leadership

  A series of hoardings taking potshots at Opposition leaders over their alleged contrasting positions on the Election Commission appeared in the national capital on Wednesday ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting.

  While the posters didn’t mention who put them up, the BJP separately criticised Rahul Gandhi, saying Opposition parties have started questioning his leadership even before the INDIA bloc meeting began.

  – PTI

Published – September 30, 2026 11:22 am IST