The Congress is rediscovering the power of street protest

What happened: Congress leaders are upbeat and turning to street protest, with MPs rallying around a demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation Why it matters: A Congress politician compared the mood to the years before the Congress-led UPA's 2014 defeat, and the shift is striking after leaders including Rahul Gandhi had questioned protest tactics months earlier. Key numbers: The campaign about alleged election rigging is a year old; Rahul Gandhi questioned the Cockroach Janta Party campaign's demand for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation at a June INDIA bloc meeting.

Congress leaders are upbeat and turning to street protest, with MPs rallying around a demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation

A Congress politician compared the mood to the years before the Congress-led UPA's 2014 defeat, and the shift is striking after leaders including Rahul Gandhi had questioned protest tactics months earlier. Key numbers: The campaign about alleged election rigging is a year old; Rahul Gandhi questioned the Cockroach Janta Party campaign's demand for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation at a June INDIA bloc meeting.