There were students, activists, political groups from across the country and even ordinary people, carrying placards and chanting slogans.
By 11 am on Sunday, the Inner Circle of Connaught Place was already crowded with people ahead of the march to Ramlila Maidan, some 2km away, as part of the “Chalo Dilli” protest planned at noon.
We reached Delhi yesterday and have been preparing for the dance for a week. He had travelled all the way from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun and was part of a group who called themselves the Cockroach Volunteers. The Congress-led INDIA Bloc rally drew tens of thousands of people. The entire way people could be heard chanting slogans against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. I order these costumes so I get noticed and can convey what I have come for. “This is the voice of the people. He is the organising secretary of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee and had come from Kolkata. One group, dressed in black, could be seen wearing garlands of cut fingers. “These fingers are symbolic of all those people whose names have been deleted and stolen. Rahul Gandhi has shown the country his potential.”
Because there is no space to even stand, we are glad we came but we are now going back. Standing near H-Block, 38-year-old Rakesh Solanki said, “We are here to ensure the chief election commissioner resigns. Starting 1.30pm they marched from Minto Road to Ramlila Maidan . A 21-year-old college student from Mumbai, who introduced himself as ‘Takshroach’, said he was wearing a full cockroach costume. “I came dressed as a bat on October 10. Earlier, around A-Block in the Inner Circle, wearing a bright orange dress Ramayan Singh Rathiya, a worker with the Chhattisgarh Adiwasi Congress, said, “My troop and I, around 200 of us, have come to represent our traditions and our people. Around 500 women from Mahila Congress from Chandrapur city in Maharashtra travelled to Delhi arrived on October 30 by train. Wearing a Batman mask, Pramod Pandey, 45, stood at Minto Road.
To believe in the electoral process is extremely important and that faith needs to be restored,” he said. The CEC should be removed from here,” said president Chanda Veragde. “My sister-in-law’s name was deleted from the voter list,” he said when asked for the reason for his participation. The first step towards justice for them would be CEC’s resignation,” said Aditya. Krishna Dubey, a joint secretary of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress, said, “It’s a very successful rally.
