Is this the biggest Congress protest yet? | Inside the October 12 March
October 15, 2026
On October 12, opposition leaders, MPs, MLAs, student organisations and political workers came together in a massive march against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, raising serious concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the alleged mass deletion of voters’ names. Several MPs and MLAs said that tens of thousands of voters had been struck off the electoral rolls in their constituencies during the SIR exercise. At the heart of the protest was also the controversial use of Form 7, which allows objections to the inclusion of names in electoral rolls.
Protesters questioned how this mechanism was being used and whether it was becoming a tool to challenge citizens’ right to vote and push for their removal from voter lists. As the march progressed towards the Supreme Court, Congress leaders and other political workers broke through barricades in an attempt to move forward. After being stopped, Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders reportedly made a quieter attempt to reach the Supreme Court and enter its premises, but were not allowed to do so.
Despite the tense scenes, the protest saw no detentions. The march brought together a broad coalition, including the INDIA bloc, AISA, SFI and other student unions, as part of a wider nationwide mobilisation against the SIR exercise and concerns surrounding electoral integrity. In this video, we break down what happened on October 12, what opposition leaders are alleging about voter deletions, how Form 7 has become a central point of controversy, and what these developments mean for the right to vote and the credibility of India’s electoral process.