Visitors in central Bengaluru is anticipated to be disrupted on Friday because the Congress holds a protest rally underneath the management of the Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, following his allegations of vote theft in a constituency within the metropolis within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Bengaluru visitors police have issued an advisory on parking restrictions in central and east Bengaluru in gentle of Gandhi’s go to to town. Gandhi will journey from HAL airport in east Bengaluru to the Freedom Park in central Bengaluru.
“In view of VVIP go to to Bengaluru metropolis on 08.08.2025 parking of all sorts of autos is prohibited within the following roads. Additional, it’s requested to keep away from the next roads and use various roads,” the Bengaluru police mentioned in an advisory.
The restrictions will likely be in place on Previous Airport Highway, M G Highway, and Cubbon Highway, and will likely be relevant between 10.30 am and 11.30 am and three.30 pm and 4.30 pm.
The Congress protest in opposition to alleged irregularities within the voter record and vote fraud is being held underneath the management of Gandhi and All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge at Freedom Park on Friday morning. AICC basic secretaries Okay C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar, and different delegates are set to take part.
On Thursday, Gandhi alleged irregularities within the voter lists for the Mahadevapura Meeting section within the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat. The Congress chief alleged that the voting within the Mahadevapura Meeting section was suspicious and alleged that over 1 lakh votes might be fraudulent. “I need the nation to know, there’s a big legal fraud being perpetrated on this nation by the ECI [Election Commission of India] and the occasion in energy,” he claimed.