Indian Youth Congress has announced a protest on October 12 to defend democracy and the Constitution.

NEW DELHI: Indian Youth Congress has announced a ‘Chalo Delhi’ mobilisation on October 12, urging people to join its campaign to defend the Constitution and democracy amid the Congress-led Opposition’s allegations of electoral irregularities and its demand for accountability from the Election Commission.The announcement comes amid a series of protests by Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a series of posts on X, the youth wing used the slogan “It’s NOW or NEVER” and accused the BJP of rigging elections with the help of a “compromised Election Commission”. It called on people to stand up peacefully for their voting rights, freedom and constitutional protections.The organisation also invoked Mahatma Gandhi and India’s freedom struggle, arguing that the country belongs to its people and not to any political party. The posts repeated the October 12 date and the slogan, “For our Constitution. For our democracy. For each other.”

The announcement follows protests by Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders in New Delhi. On October 8, Delhi Police detained Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and around 90 other Opposition MPs and workers as they attempted to reach Jantar Mantar for a demonstration against the Election Commission.On October 9, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi led an INDIA bloc delegation that submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu against what the Opposition calls “vote chori”.According to the Congress’s official press release, the delegation raised concerns about the electoral process and sought the President’s intervention. The meeting was part of the Opposition’s broader campaign challenging the Election Commission’s handling of electoral rolls and demanding accountability from its leadership.