The opposition INDIA bloc has vowed to continue its fight in Delhi until Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar resigns.
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi hinted that the ‘resistance’ would go ahead even if it does not get the backing of the Supreme Court.
On Monday, the INDIA bloc had marched to the Supreme Court and filed a writ petition challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
"No matter which institution plays or does not play a role, the political resistance will continue, the people’s resistance will continue and it will triumph," Rahul Gandhi said after a meeting with other leaders of the INDIA bloc.
The members of the INDIA bloc indicated that they plan to ignore the government's decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as the designated protest site. D Raja, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), who also spoke to the media, said, "We will strongly fight to reclaim Jantar Mantar."
The Delhi Police on Monday had denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated site for protests and named three other locations in the city to hold demonstrations.
Gandhi said the opposition was prepared to continue its fight even for two years. "This team won't stop. (The fight will last) a day, till tomorrow, three months, or six months, a year or two years. But it won't stop. It will keep going till the end goal," Gandhi said.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, Supriya Sule of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), M A Baby of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and Sagarika Ghose of Trinamool Congress (TMC) were among the party leaders who addressed the media.
Neha Bora, the leader of All India Students' Association (AISA), who has been at the forefront of the ongoing protests in Delhi that began on October 2, also spoke.
Senior advocate and civil rights activist Prashant Bhushan was among those who participated in the meeting. He said the protests will gather momentum with the participation of farmers' organisations and trade unions.