Opposition Leaders Protest Near Election Commission Office, Demand Meeting

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders protested near the Election Commission office on Tuesday. Opposition parties said they wanted to meet the election commissioners. The India group's protest is still on. Election Commission officials, when asked if the leaders of the opposition alliance, including Rahul Gandhi, had requested a meeting with the commission on Tuesday, said they had not received any request for a meeting from any political party. Earlier, the situation became tense during the opposition alliance's march from Parliament Street to the EC headquarters. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with some other leaders, entered the AIR building complex. Their aim was to reach the EC office. Rahul Gandhi was seen at the forefront of the protest. Police tightened security on Parliament Street. At one point, Rahul Gandhi climbed an iron barricade and waved the tricolour. He then walked out of the police cordon and reached the AIR complex before sunset. Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief, maintained a security cordon to prevent the protesters from reaching the EC office.