INDIA bloc meeting: Ahead of INDIA meet, hoardings target Opposition leaders; BJP questions Rahul's leadership

Home News India ECI withdraws SIR declaration from Form 6 in States where the exercise is over Updated - September 30, 2026 11:35 am IST Congress National President and LoP in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge along with LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and MP Sonia Gandhi and other leaders during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in New Delhi on September 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap A series of hoardings taking potshots at Opposition leaders over their alleged contrasting positions on the Election Commission appeared in Delhi on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) 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.Also read | At CWC meet, Rahul says Modi told him: ‘When we go, you will come’Ashish Usha Agrawal, national Convenor of the BJP Media Department, said the meeting hasn’t even started, yet questions are already being raised about Gandhi’s leadership. “Who all will distance themselves from Rahul Gandhi will become clear today in the INDIA alliance meeting,” he said in a post on X on Wednesday (September 30).The Election Commission has withdrawn the additional SIR-related declaration from the online voter enrolment Form 6 in states where the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has been completed, days after the full Commission decided that the requirement would apply only during the exercise.Also Read | At CWC meet, Rahul says Modi told him: ‘When we go, you will come’The declaration, which requires new applicants to furnish details linking themselves or their parents or grandparents to electoral rolls prepared during an earlier intensive revision, remains available on the ECINET portal in states and Union Territories where the SIR is underway.September 30, 2026 11:35 INDIA bloc meets; joint agitation amid SIR row, impeachment notice against CEC on agendaTop 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.- PTISeptember 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 StatesIn 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 StatesEC 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 leadershipA 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