'Batman Mode On': Rahul Gandhi, Kharge pose with superhero masks during Opposition march to SC

The superhero character Batman made an appearance on the politically charged streets of Delhi during the Opposition's protest march to the Supreme Court on Monday. The demonstration was part of an ongoing stir against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi posed with a Batman mask during the march. A picture of Gandhi was shared by the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) in a post on X.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was also seen posing with a mask of Batman on Monday during the protest march.

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From Instagram 'AMA' to protest prop

Earlier, during an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session on social media platform Instagram, Gandhi was asked whether he was Batman.

"Let's just say that no one has ever seen me and Batman in the same room together," the Congress leader had replied.

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INDIA bloc files petition in SC over SIR voter deletions

Rahul Gandhi, along with 10 leaders of the INDIA bloc, filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the issues linked to the SIR, as HT reported earlier.

The petition is likely to be heard on Tuesday.

It was filed by Gandhi along with Congress president Kharge, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby, CPI general secretary D Raja, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Mahua Majhi, MCP (Sharad Pawar) MP Supriya Sule, and Indian Muslim Union League (IUML) MP ET Mohammed Bashir.

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Protests in Delhi

The national capital has been witnessing widespread protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

Amid the demonstrations, Jantar Mantar in Delhi has been de-notified as a designated protest venue, stated a Delhi Police circular on Monday.

This development follows the CJP-led agitations of June and July, when the outfit demanded the resignation of then-Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged paper leaks.