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This will be followed by a 'Dilli Chalo march' to Ramlila Maidan on November 1, with the alliance citing 'vote chori' and poll irregularities as reasons.","category":"Politics","area":"India","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T18:45:59.726Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-24T18:01:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T18:45:59.726Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":48,"critic":65,"hype":48,"notes":{"trust":"The central claim is attributed to KC Venugopal, a named individual, and corroborated by 10 other digests.","critic":"The reporting clearly separates the planned events and quotes K.C. Venugopal directly.","hype":"Headlines use \"public impeachment\" which is a strong term for a planned political proceeding."}},"tags":["#IndiaPolitics","#ElectionCommission","#OppositionProtest","#DilliChalo","#PublicImpeachment"],"entities":["Gyanesh Kumar","K.C. 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Following this, the bloc plans to organise a 'Dilli Chalo march' to Ramlila Maidan on November 1."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The reasons cited for these actions are allegations of 'vote chori' and 'poll irregularities'. K.C. Venugopal, Congress general secretary, announced these plans through a post on X. The 'Dilli Chalo march' is intended to culminate at Ramlila Maidan and aims to gather at least one million participants."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on date of announcement"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Siasat Daily and The Hindu report that K.C. Venugopal made his announcement on X on Saturday, October 24, 2026. The Hindu also states the announcement was made on Saturday (October 24, 2026). However, aninews.in, Ommcom News, and bhaskarlive.in state that Venugopal announced the plans on Saturday, October 24, 2026. Latestly reports the announcement was made on X, Venugopal stated that the public’s verdict on removing the CEC will be delivered loud and clear. 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