13102026-TTC-01.qxd 10/13/2026 12:31 AM 13 NO SIGN RUSSIA WANTS WAR TO END: ZELENSKYY WORLD /thetribunechd Page 1 2 FIRS REGISTERED AGAINST EX-KERALAM CM BACK PAGE CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 146 NO. 283 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 tuesday | 13 october 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com coercivesteps Rahulleads Oppn march to SC, challenges SIR SCbarsMann’sOSD, against Joint plea seeks retd judge-led panel to audit voter deletions AAP asks Akal Takht to act against Shah over Bangla Sahib as Kejriwal booked Shekhar Singh, Surya Pillai & Rahul Gahlawat Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 12 Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and 10 other INDIA bloc leaders on Monday filed a joint petition in the Supreme Court against the alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, even as thousands joined the Opposition’s “Chalo DelhiMarch for Democracy”. Rahul Gahlawat Tribune News Service ‘Resign, turn approver... you made a mistake’: Rahul to Gyanesh The plea has sought suspension of the SIR and setting up of a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to audit voter deletions, scrutinise access to electoral-roll databases and review EVMrelated processes against global best practices. The march, which began at 1.30 pm, saw Opposition leaders challenge heavy security deployment and multiple barricades on the Bhagwan Das Marg while demanding accountability from Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged “vote chori”. The petition was filed in the evening by the Congress legal team, with Rahul as the lead petitioner. The other petitioners are Congress president continued on page 8 LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and others during Opposition’s ‘March for Democracy’ to the SC in New Delhi. PTI NewDelhi, October 12 As the Delhi Police registered an FIR against AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders over the alleged disruption at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, AAP MLAs in Punjab approached the Akal Takht seeking action against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the entry of the police into the shrine during a protest. The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) against Kejriwal, AAP MLAs, workers and others for allegedly violating Gurdwara Bangla Sahib’s sanctity by staging a political protest on the premises. The DSGMC also alleged that misleading videos and social media posts were subsequently circulated. The police said video footage submitted with the complaint was being examined. Meanwhile, AAP MLAs submitted a memorandum to the Akal Takht secretariat, seeking action against Shah. continued on page 8 Didn’t adjudicate on new Form 6 DissenthubJantarMantar during Bihar SIR hearings, says SC denotified as protest site Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 12 The Supreme Court on Monday said it did not adjudicate upon the new Form 6 while hearing cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana said the revised Form 6 did not exist when the Bihar SIR case was dealt with. During a hearing on a petition relating to SIR, the DON’T DRAG SC INTO ‘VOTE CHORI’ STIR: CJI A day after refusing to meet Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to discuss issues related to the SIR and the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday said the “SC shouldn’t be dragged” into the row. CONG, NOT EC, TO BLAME FOR ITS LOSSES: BJP Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday decried Rahul Gandhi’s march to the SC as a “drama” and alleged that the Congress had been blaming the EC for its defeats while its own “visionless” leadership was responsible for the electoral setbacks. Bench clarified that its October 5 observations cannot be construed as either approval or disapproval. The court’s comments came after advo- cate Narendra Mishra submitted on behalf of a petitioner that the CJI had last week denied the Election continued on page 8 c m y b but refuses to stay FIR Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 12 The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the CBI from taking any coercive action in a corruption case registered against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Rajbir Singh Ghuman even as it refused to stay the probe. “We are not staying the FIR (probe)... We are saying no coercive steps may be taken,” a Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale said, directing the petitioner to cooperate with the investigation. The Bench issued a notice to the CBI on the Punjab Government’s petition challenging the High Court’s order for a CBI probe into allegations of corruption against people linked to the state government and to submit a report within two months. While senior counsel Vikas Singh represented the Punjab Government, senior counsel DS Naidu appeared for Nikhil Saraf on whose petition the High Court’s order came. Naidu alleged that Saraf was facing vindictive action from the state government. On Friday, the hearing was deferred after Justice Sheel Nagu of the Supreme Court recused from hearing the Punjab Government’s petition challenging the High Court’s direction for a CBI probe into allegations of corruption linked to Mann’s office. A High Court Bench of Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor had on October 5 directed the CBI to register a criminal case to probe allegations against Mann’s OSD Ghuman. It had also directed the continued on page 8 Rahul Gahlawat Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 12 The Delhi Police have denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated site for protests and named three alternative venues — Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground — for such demonstrations even as the spot has remained inaccessible to both the opposition INDIA bloc and the Cockroach Janta Party over the past several days. While Ramlila Ground in Central District is 4 km away from NearestalternativeRamlila MaidanbookedtillDec29; costs can top ~1 lakh/day UNACCEPTABLE: CJP CJP co-convener Saurav Das said the decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as a protest site was ‘arbitrary & unacceptable’ Jantar Mantar, the CBD Ground in East District is 12 to 13 km and Burari Ground in North District is nearly 21 km away. continued on page 8 Punjab voter count 4 ‘infiltrators’ killed dips 6.33% after SIR in blast along LoC CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s final electoral roll, published on Monday, recorded more than 2.01 crore voters, a decline of over 13.6 lakh electors (6.33%) from the 2.14 crore voters registered before the SIR exercise. However, the final tally represented a 3.64% increase over the 1,93,94,435 electors included in the draft electoral roll published on August 13. INSIDE JAMMU: Four suspected Pakistani infiltrators were killed in a powerful landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, prompting security forces to heighten vigilance along the border. The explosion occurred near Nangi Tekri, a strategic location in the Krishna Ghati sector. INSIDE
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