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Delhi is bracing for a major political face-off on November 1 as the INDIA Bloc and the Bharatiya Janata Party take their battles to the streets. The opposition INDIA Bloc has organised a mega march and rally from Minto Bridge to Ramlila Maidan, demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner over alleged irregularities in the Special Summary Revision process. Leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee are slated to attend. Concurrently, the Bharatiya Janata Party is staging a counter-march from Tilak Nagar to Hari Nagar in remembrance of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, led by leaders including Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and Manjinder Singh Sirsa. Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal sharply criticised the Congress for holding a political rally during a period of mourning and seva. Delhi Police have cleared the Ramlila Maidan gathering with strict conditions, deploying extensive CCTV coverage, drones, and paramilitary forces.

Discussions at the G20 platform focused on addressing major global conflicts, energy security, and supply chain disruptions affecting nations worldwide. Speaking on the discussions, the External Affairs Minister highlighted that global conflicts have widespread ramifications and asserted that there are no military solutions, noting that diplomatic pathways and dialogue must be pursued to bring an end to war. The meeting underscored that the Global South continues to bear the brunt of energy shortages, worsened by market distortions and politicisation of energy flows. In addition, food security concerns linked to grain shipments and fertilizer supply bottlenecks across the Black Sea and the Gulf-Red Sea regions were raised. Participants stressed the urgency of diversifying manufacturing, production, and supply chains globally to prevent excessive dependency on a single geography during international crises.

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded a forty-minute press conference at the end of the G20 ministerial summit in Atlanta. Key discussions centred on Iran attacking shipping vessels and Indian seafarers, global supply chains, and food security, where India and Turkey are working on food grain contingency plans. The summit also covered diplomatic efforts surrounding conflicts involving Russia, Ukraine, and the Middle East. While Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended, objections from Western nations led to the cancellation of the traditional family photo. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to the upcoming Leaders' Summit in Miami, though attendance remains unconfirmed.

The INDIA bloc organised a symbolic mock parliament and public impeachment proceeding against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of treason and orchestrating electoral manipulation through the deletion of over 13 crore voters. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge leveled six charges against the Election Commission chief, alleging unconstitutional voter list purges and collusion with the ruling government. In a sharp counterattack, the Bharatiya Janata Party defended the Special Intensive Revision process, explaining the ASDD formula covering absent, shifted, deceased, and duplicate electors. BJP leaders detailed that out of the 13 crore names, millions had permanently shifted, over two crore were deceased, and more than one crore were duplicate entries. The ruling party questioned why 38 lakh opposition booth-level agents failed to flag erroneous deletions during field verification. The broadcast features heated debate over the legality of the revision drive, procedural transparency within the poll body, and the presence of undocumented immigrants on the electoral register.