A bench of Justices Surya Kant & Joymalya Bagchi is hearing a batch of pleas against the Election Commission's electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar.
Leaders of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi & Mallikarjun Kharge, and other MPs at the protest march were detained and taken to the Parliament Street Police Station on Monday.
Rahul's response comes after EC Saturday claimed he is yet to respond to its June letter regarding his allegations of 'election rigging' in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Leaders of INDIA bloc will meet in the office of Rajya Sabha's LoP & then stage a protest at 10:30 am in front of Makar Dwar under the slogan 'our vote, our right, our fight'.
The Congress MP added that the Election Commission was 'systematically targeting the democratic values' & the INDIA alliance leaders would meet on 7 August.
Earlier in the day, Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi accused Election Commission of direct involvement in large-scale voter fraud, with Congress having 'open-and-shut proof'.
The petitions sought direction to quash the ECI's June 24 directive that requires large sections of voters in Bihar to submit proof of citizenship to remain on the electoral rolls.
Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections scheduled later this year, the Election Commission is conducting the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Bihar.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
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