Bengaluru, Aug. 8 -- Under the leadership of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress party is set to hold a massive protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Friday, opposing alleged irregularities in the voter list.

Tight police security measures have been implemented around Freedom Park, where the protest will take place.

Karnataka State Reserve Police platoons have been deployed, along with police water jets, a mobile command and control unit.

Earlier in the day, doubling down on his 'vote theft' claim, Rahul Gandhi said that times would change and punishment would surely be meted out to those who were involved in the "scam".

"Vote theft is not just an electoral scam...