In Pictures: INDIA bloc leaders meet over Election Commission row, plan joint protest

Amid the row over the rupture within the Election Commission, top leaders of the INDIA bloc met on Wednesday and decided to hold a joint protest march to the ECI on October 6 (Source: Photo by PTI)

Following the meeting, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in a press conference that the ECI is being played like puppets by Modi and Shah and added that the Opposition parties will hold a massive “save democracy” rally in New Delhi on November 1 (Source: Photo by PTI)

Kharge said the Opposition will organise a “Save Democracy” march in all districts across the country from October 2 to 8 as part of its protest against the Election Commission. On October 6, all Opposition MPs will march to the ECI office in Delhi (Source: Photo by PTI)

All MPs from both houses will take part irrespective of their political affiliation if they believe in saving the country, he added (Source: Photo by PTI)

TMC leader Mamata Banerjee reiterated the demand for the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar and slamming the BJP and ECI, Banerjee said, “They looted in Bengal. We went to ECI and the Supreme court. Now everything is out in the open (Source: Photo by PTI)

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, ” All parties opined that Indian democratic system has been attacked by Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Gyanesh. We will ensure people who have destroyed Indian democracy are punished” (Source: Photo by PTI)

Addressing the INDIA bloc meeting with 20 allies in attendance, Kharge listed out six demands of the Opposition and said that the Opposition “will not allow transparency to be replaced by secrecy” (Source: Photo by PTI)

Sources in the TMC said that Mamata Banerjee has told the allies that the entire SIR exercise that was carried out “was in a botched-up manner”. “I cannot move out of the house now” – she said while highlighting the post-poll scenario and “autocracy” of BJP, sources said (Source: Photo by PTI)

The Congress emphasised that the opposition stands united to protect the Constitution from “repeated assaults” of the Modi government, including its “vote chori gameplan” to remain in power (Source: Photo by PTI)

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 (Source: Photo by PTI)