HighLights
  1. Rahul Gandhi, Kharge wore Batman mask during protest.
  2. March to Supreme Court against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
  3. Protest aimed at alleged "Vote Chori" and youth engagement.

Supreme Court March: A Hollywood superhero, a crusader against injustice, made a cameo during the Congress-led March to the Supreme Court against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi were seen with Batman mask. A youth amid a tight crowd managed to give the Batman mask to Gandhi during the march.

Later, Kharge and Gandhi displayed the mask in a unique attempt to draw youth to their protest against the alleged "Vote Chori". In the last couple of months, Gandhi has resorted to youth-friendly methods to protest and reach out to Gen Z. Gandhi and Kharge's pic with the mask went viral on social media.

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One X user, Shantanu (@shaandelhite), wrote, "A Gen Z was attempting to give a ‘Batman Mask’ to Rahul Gandhi Ji and it has finally reached him…GenZ and Youth know who is the one fighting for them." 

Earlier on Friday, Congress used Batman masks -- a fictional superhero -- while protesting against the CEC and demanding his resignation. Led by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Uday Bhanu Chib, several protesters with Batman masks attempted to march from Akbar Road towards Kartavya Path, with police detaining 25 of them.

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Rahul Gandhi Leads INDIA Bloc's March To SC

Meanwhile, Gandhi, along with other Opposition MPs, led a "March for Democracy" to the Supreme Court to submit a petition on their "vote chori" charge and against the CEC. Those leading the march included Leaders of Opposition (LoPs) in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Gandhi and Kharge respectively, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, CPI's D Raja, Baby, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, besides Sule, Raut, CPI(ML) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya and Basheer.

At the end of march, the Opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court over the SIR-related issues. The plea was moved by Gandhi, Kharge, Trnamool Congress Party (TMC) MP Saugata Roy, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Nationalist Congress Party (Pawar) (NCP-SCP) leader Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut, Congress Party of India's (CPI) D Raja, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Mahua Majhi, CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML leader) E T Mohammed Basheer.

(With Agencies Inputs)


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