Abhijeet Dipke met Mamata Banerjee in Delhi and backed the INDIA bloc rally. The CJP will stay away to preserve its independent, politically neutral identity.

Over 4k cops, with CAPF companies, will be deployed in view of INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan on Nov 1, with venue divided into 14 zones.

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has appealed to people, including students and civil society groups, to join the gathering — scheduled from 10 am to 5 pm — describing it as a movement to defend democracy and the Constitution.