Bengaluru, Aug. 4 -- Congress has postponed its protest rally to reveal the "serious malpractices" of the Election Commission to August 8, given the unfortunate demise of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who passed away earlier this morning due to prolonged illness.

Soren was one of the founding members of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

The program, earlier scheduled for August 5, has been deferred to August 8. This change follows the announcement that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party MP Rahul Gandhi will be heading to Ranchi tomorrow to attend the cremation of Shibu Soren, as stated by Congress general secretary and MP Randeep Singh Surjewala.

Congress believed that, given the program's "national ramification...