The march follows a meeting of opposition leaders chaired by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, during which they discussed their next course of action and drafted a letter to the CEC seeking an urgent meeting with opposition leaders over issues related to the SIR

Opposition parties have been protesting over what they allege are irregularities in the electoral process and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. They have also been demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar