NEW DELHI: Hours after taking out a protest march to the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s office on the voter roll revision in Bihar and the alleged ‘vote theft’, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge hosted a dinner party for the INDIA bloc leaders. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), despite not being part of the INDIA bloc, joined the dinner along with other members. The AAP also attended the protest march to the EC office earlier in the day.Several leaders from 25 parties were present at the meeting, which included Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanaka Gandhi Vadra, NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar, SP’s Dimple Yadav, Jaya Bachchan, DMK’s Kanimozhi, CPI(M)’s John Brittas and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Sanjay Singh, Sandeep Pathak, and Ashok Kumar Mittal.The meeting assumes significance as the leaders have taken out a protest march on Monday afternoon against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged “vote chori”. Kharge, who was also detained during the march, said the protest against ‘vote chori’ and SIR is a fight to protect people’s right to vote and a struggle to save democracy and the INDIA bloc will expose this BJP’s conspiracy.In a post on X, he said, “BJP’s cowardly dictatorship will not work! This is a fight to protect the people’s right to vote. This is a struggle to save democracy.”भाजपा की कायराना तानाशाही नहीं चलेगी ! ये जनता के वोट के अधिकार को बचाने की लड़ाई है। ये लोकतंत्र को बचाने का संघर्ष है। INDIA गठबंधन के साथी संविधान की धज्जियां उड़ाने वाली इस भाजपाई साज़िश को बेनक़ाब करके ही रहेंगे। #VoteChori pic.twitter.com/9tk4bYhkvr— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) August 11, 2025 “The allies of the INDIA bloc will surely expose this BJP conspiracy to shred the Constitution,” Kharge said in his post in Hindi.While the protest march and the detention of the MPs are expected to further strengthen the unity of the bloc, the dinner meeting also comes on the heels of a show of unity when Rahul Gandhi hosted a dinner for the leaders at his residence. At the meeting, the parties vowed to oppose the SIR in Bihar and discussed the upcoming election for the Vice President post on September 9.
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