Aftermath of Monday's march dominated, beginning with the registry's 14 defects in the INDIA bloc petition and morning detention of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka for scaling the gates of de-notified Jantar Mantar. The Supreme Court deferred pleas on metro closures to October 15 as police sought CAPF cover till October 20 and filed a case over the entry.
Focus moved to Rahul Gandhi's hi-tea with INDIA bloc leaders and joint press conference vowing to force CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and expose alleged vote theft, answered by Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal accusing Congress of shielding infiltrators and rewarding pliant CECs.
A boat capsizing in Vaishali killing 13-15, mostly children, and a TMC claim of a knife attempt on Mamata Banerjee broke into the politics, as the UPI merchant fee was deferred past Diwali and L. Murugan quit the ministry.