INDIA bloc leaders submit memorandum to Bihar Governor, demand CEC removal and re-election in State

Security personnel set up barricades to stop Mahagathbandhan supporters during the Bihar Assembly LoP Tejashwi Yadav - led protest march to Raj Bhawan over their various demands, in Patna on October 8, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI

The INDIA bloc (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) leaders, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National Working President Tejashwi Yadav, on Thursday (October 8, 2026) took out a massive Lok Bhavan March in Patna. The demonstration was part of the Statewide agitation towards the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation.

A large number of INDIA bloc leaders and workers gathered near the statues of the seven martyrs in front of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha for the march and raised slogans against the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging fraud in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

The leaders who participated in the march were Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram, Mukesh Sahani of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), Ramnaresh Pandey of Communist Party of India (CPI), Dipankar Bhattacharya of CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, I.P. Gupta of Indian Inclusive Party (IIP) and other leaders. Many leaders were even detained by the police, including Mr. Ram who was protesting while hand-cuffed.

The police had set up multi-layered barricading for security purposes; however, Mr. Yadav, along with other leaders, managed to cross two barricades, but at the third barricade, the police stopped them from going ahead. Police and the INDIA bloc leaders also got engaged in a scuffle.