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High drama as Bihar SIR stir spills onto Delhi's streets
The New Indian Express Kannur
|August 12, 2025
Opposition MPs barred from reaching the ECI office, briefly detained by police
IN a day of high drama, the Opposition's protest against the ongoing voter roll revision in Bihar spilled onto the streets with the Delhi Police detaining several top leaders of INDIA bloc, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, during their march to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) headquarters in the capital.
While the march led by Rahul began from Parliament House at noon, the MPs were stopped midway as the police had placed multiple barricades on Parliament Street to block them from moving forward.
This story is from the August 12, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kannur.
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